CVE-2017-0553
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Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
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