CVE-2017-0553

Publication date 7 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libnl	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.1-7+deb7u1build0.12.04.1
libnl3	19.04 disco	Fixed 3.2.29-0ubuntu3
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 3.2.29-0ubuntu3
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.2.29-0ubuntu3
	17.10 artful	Fixed 3.2.29-0ubuntu3
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 3.2.29-0ubuntu2.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.2.21-1ubuntu4.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

I'm not sure this fix is strictly a security fix; the checkin comment gives me the impression callers are completely trusted.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libnl	Upstream: 3e18948
libnl3	Upstream: 3e18948

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.0 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H