Vulnerabilities (CVE)

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CVE-2013-0894 7 Apple, Canonical, Ffmpeg and 4 more 7 Macos, Ubuntu Linux, Ffmpeg and 4 more 2021-09-08 7.5 HIGH N/A
Buffer overflow in the vorbis_parse_setup_hdr_floors function in the Vorbis decoder in vorbisdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg through 1.1.3, as used in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error or out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a zero value for a bark map size.
CVE-2015-5122 7 Adobe, Apple, Linux and 4 more 14 Flash Player, Flash Player Desktop Runtime, Macos and 11 more 2021-09-08 10.0 HIGH N/A
Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.302 on Windows and OS X, 14.x through 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X, 11.x through 11.2.202.481 on Linux, and 12.x through 18.0.0.204 on Linux Chrome installations allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that leverages improper handling of the opaqueBackground property, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.
CVE-2012-2040 7 Adobe, Apple, Google and 4 more 8 Air, Flash Player, Macos and 5 more 2021-09-08 9.3 HIGH N/A
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in an unspecified directory.
CVE-2011-1305 3 Apple, Google, Linux 3 Macos, Chrome, Linux Kernel 2021-09-08 6.8 MEDIUM N/A
Race condition in Google Chrome before 11.0.696.57 on Linux and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to linked lists and a database.
CVE-2013-2555 8 Adobe, Apple, Google and 5 more 13 Air, Flash Player, Macos and 10 more 2021-09-08 10.0 HIGH N/A
Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.7.700.169 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.2.202.280 on Linux, before 11.1.111.50 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.54 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.7.0.1530; and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.7.0.1530 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
CVE-2012-2036 8 Adobe, Apple, Google and 5 more 13 Air, Flash Player, Macos and 10 more 2021-09-08 9.3 HIGH N/A
Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2014-9751 6 Apple, Debian, Linux and 3 more 8 Macos, Debian Linux, Linux Kernel and 5 more 2021-09-08 6.8 MEDIUM N/A
The read_network_packet function in ntp_io.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p1 on Linux and OS X does not properly determine whether a source IP address is an IPv6 loopback address, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof restricted packets, and read or write to the runtime state, by leveraging the ability to reach the ntpd machine's network interface with a packet from the ::1 address.
CVE-2012-0725 6 Adobe, Apple, Google and 3 more 8 Air, Flash Player, Macos and 5 more 2021-09-08 9.3 HIGH N/A
Adobe Flash Player before 11.2.202.229 in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.151 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0724.
CVE-2012-2037 8 Adobe, Apple, Google and 5 more 13 Air, Flash Player, Macos and 10 more 2021-09-08 9.3 HIGH N/A
Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2034.
CVE-2015-1212 7 Apple, Canonical, Google and 4 more 11 Macos, Ubuntu Linux, Chrome and 8 more 2021-09-08 7.5 HIGH N/A
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
CVE-2014-6184 4 Apple, Ibm, Linux and 1 more 4 Macos, Tivoli Storage Manager, Linux Kernel and 1 more 2021-09-08 7.2 HIGH N/A
Stack-based buffer overflow in dsmtca in the client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.4 through 5.4.3.6, 5.5 through 5.5.4.3, 6.1 through 6.1.5.6, 6.2 before 6.2.5.4, and 6.3 before 6.3.2.3 on UNIX, Linux, and OS X allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-1210 7 Apple, Canonical, Google and 4 more 11 Macos, Ubuntu Linux, Chrome and 8 more 2021-09-08 5.0 MEDIUM N/A
The V8ThrowException::createDOMException function in bindings/core/v8/V8ThrowException.cpp in the V8 bindings in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android, does not properly consider frame access restrictions during the throwing of an exception, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.
CVE-2015-0312 4 Adobe, Apple, Linux and 1 more 8 Flash Player, Flash Player Desktop Runtime, Macos and 5 more 2021-09-08 9.3 HIGH N/A
Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.264 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.296 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.440 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-1209 7 Apple, Canonical, Google and 4 more 11 Macos, Ubuntu Linux, Chrome and 8 more 2021-09-08 7.5 HIGH N/A
Use-after-free vulnerability in the VisibleSelection::nonBoundaryShadowTreeRootNode function in core/editing/VisibleSelection.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers improper handling of a shadow-root anchor.
CVE-2013-3236 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2021-08-09 4.9 MEDIUM N/A
The vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
CVE-2008-4609 11 Bsd, Bsdi, Cisco and 8 more 27 Bsd, Bsd Os, Ios and 24 more 2021-07-07 7.1 HIGH N/A
The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection queue exhaustion) via multiple vectors that manipulate information in the TCP state table, as demonstrated by sockstress.
CVE-2009-3588 4 Broadcom, Ca, Linux and 1 more 35 Anti-virus, Anti-virus For The Enterprise, Anti-virus Sdk and 32 more 2021-04-14 4.3 MEDIUM N/A
Unspecified vulnerability in the arclib component in the Anti-Virus engine in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) 7.1 through r8.1; Anti-Virus 2007 (v8) through 2009; eTrust EZ Antivirus r7.1; Internet Security Suite 2007 (v3) through Plus 2009; and other CA products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RAR archive file that triggers stack corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3587.
CVE-2015-3318 5 Ca, Hp, Ibm and 2 more 10 Client Automation, Network And Systems Management, Nsm Job Management Option and 7 more 2021-04-09 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation r12.5 SP01, r12.8, and r12.9; CA Network and Systems Management r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA NSM Job Management Option r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA Universal Job Management Agent; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers (aka SystemEDGE) 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, and 12.9; and CA Workload Automation AE r11, r11.3, r11.3.5, and r11.3.6 on UNIX, does not properly validate an unspecified variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.
CVE-2015-3317 5 Ca, Hp, Ibm and 2 more 10 Client Automation, Network And Systems Management, Nsm Job Management Option and 7 more 2021-04-09 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation r12.5 SP01, r12.8, and r12.9; CA Network and Systems Management r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA NSM Job Management Option r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA Universal Job Management Agent; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers (aka SystemEDGE) 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, and 12.9; and CA Workload Automation AE r11, r11.3, r11.3.5, and r11.3.6 on UNIX, does not properly perform bounds checking, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-3316 6 Broadcom, Ca, Hp and 3 more 11 Network And Systems Management, Client Automation, Network And Systems Management and 8 more 2021-04-09 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation r12.5 SP01, r12.8, and r12.9; CA Network and Systems Management r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA NSM Job Management Option r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA Universal Job Management Agent; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers (aka SystemEDGE) 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, and 12.9; and CA Workload Automation AE r11, r11.3, r11.3.5, and r11.3.6 on UNIX, allows local users to gain privileges via an unspecified environment variable.
CVE-2014-3153 4 Linux, Opensuse, Redhat and 1 more 7 Linux Kernel, Opensuse, Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 4 more 2021-02-08 7.2 HIGH N/A
The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEX_REQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification.
CVE-2010-3865 3 Linux, Opensuse, Suse 4 Linux Kernel, Opensuse, Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension and 1 more 2020-12-08 7.2 HIGH N/A
Integer overflow in the rds_rdma_pages function in net/rds/rdma.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iovec struct in a Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) request, which triggers a buffer overflow.
CVE-2014-4508 2 Canonical, Linux 2 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel 2020-11-12 4.7 MEDIUM N/A
arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 1000.
CVE-2013-6335 4 Hp, Ibm, Linux and 1 more 5 Hp-ux, Aix, Tivoli Storage Manager and 2 more 2020-10-29 3.3 LOW N/A
The Backup-Archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) for Space Management 5.x and 6.x before 6.2.5.3, 6.3.x before 6.3.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.2, and 7.1.x before 7.1.0.3 on Linux and AIX, and 5.x and 6.x before 6.1.5.6 on Solaris and HP-UX, does not preserve file permissions across backup and restore operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations.
CVE-2008-3357 3 Actian, Hp, Linux 3 Ingres, Hp-ux, Linux Kernel 2020-09-28 7.2 HIGH N/A
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ingvalidpw in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library, related to a "pointer overwrite vulnerability."
CVE-2007-5616 3 Linux, Opengroup, Ssh 4 Linux Kernel, Unix, Tectia Client and 1 more 2020-09-28 7.2 HIGH N/A
ssh-signer in SSH Tectia Client and Server 5.x before 5.2.4, and 5.3.x before 5.3.6, on Unix and Linux allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-0797 6 Debian, Gstreamer Project, Linux and 3 more 16 Debian Linux, Gstreamer, Linux Kernel and 13 more 2020-09-28 6.8 MEDIUM N/A
GStreamer before 1.4.5, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 on Linux, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted H.264 video data in an m4v file.
CVE-2006-2932 2 Linux, Redhat 2 Linux Kernel, Enterprise Linux Desktop 2020-09-28 4.9 MEDIUM N/A
A regression error in the restore_all code path of the 4/4GB split support for non-hugemem Linux kernels on Red Hat Linux Desktop and Enterprise Linux 4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2014-2608 3 Hpe, Linux, Microsoft 3 Smart Update Manager, Linux Kernel, Windows 2020-09-28 7.2 HIGH N/A
Unspecified vulnerability in HP Smart Update Manager 6.x before 6.4.1 on Windows, and 6.2.x through 6.4.x before 6.4.1 on Linux, allows local users to obtain sensitive information, and consequently gain privileges, via unknown vectors.
CVE-2009-3080 7 Canonical, Debian, Linux and 4 more 13 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Linux Kernel and 10 more 2020-09-09 7.2 HIGH N/A
Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request.
CVE-2009-1072 8 Canonical, Debian, Linux and 5 more 13 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Linux Kernel and 10 more 2020-09-02 4.9 MEDIUM N/A
nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.
CVE-2010-1148 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2020-08-28 4.7 MEDIUM N/A
The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.
CVE-2009-0778 4 Linux, Microsoft, Redhat and 1 more 8 Linux Kernel, Windows, Enterprise Linux and 5 more 2020-08-28 7.1 HIGH N/A
The icmp_send function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25, when configured as a router with a REJECT route, does not properly manage the Protocol Independent Destination Cache (aka DST) in some situations involving transmission of an ICMP Host Unreachable message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity outage) by sending a large series of packets to many destination IP addresses within this REJECT route, related to an "rt_cache leak."
CVE-2010-1146 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2020-08-28 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier, when a ReiserFS filesystem exists, does not restrict read or write access to the .reiserfs_priv directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying (1) extended attributes or (2) ACLs, as demonstrated by deleting a file under .reiserfs_priv/xattrs/.
CVE-2014-2678 3 Fedoraproject, Linux, Oracle 3 Fedora, Linux Kernel, Linux 2020-08-28 4.7 MEDIUM N/A
The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.
CVE-2013-7339 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2020-08-28 4.7 MEDIUM N/A
The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.
CVE-2014-1690 2 Canonical, Linux 2 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel 2020-08-28 2.6 LOW N/A
The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature.
CVE-2013-6645 6 Apple, Debian, Google and 3 more 6 Mac Os X, Debian Linux, Chrome and 3 more 2020-08-28 6.8 MEDIUM N/A
Use-after-free vulnerability in the OnWindowRemovingFromRootWindow function in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_view_aura.cc in Google Chrome before 32.0.1700.76 on Windows and before 32.0.1700.77 on Mac OS X and Linux allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving certain print-preview and tab-switch actions that interact with a speech input element.
CVE-2013-6644 6 Apple, Debian, Google and 3 more 6 Mac Os X, Debian Linux, Chrome and 3 more 2020-08-28 7.5 HIGH N/A
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 32.0.1700.76 on Windows and before 32.0.1700.77 on Mac OS X and Linux allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.
CVE-2009-2848 8 Canonical, Fedoraproject, Linux and 5 more 13 Ubuntu Linux, Fedora, Linux Kernel and 10 more 2020-08-28 5.9 MEDIUM N/A
The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current->clear_child_tid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a clone system call with CLONE_CHILD_SETTID or CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID enabled, which is not properly handled during thread creation and exit.
CVE-2006-2935 3 Canonical, Debian, Linux 3 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Linux Kernel 2020-08-28 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
The dvd_read_bca function in the DVD handling code in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in Linux kernel 2.2.16, and later versions, assigns the wrong value to a length variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted USB Storage device that triggers a buffer overflow.
CVE-2014-2673 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2020-08-27 4.7 MEDIUM N/A
The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 on the powerpc platform does not properly interact with the clone and fork system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Program Check and system crash) via certain instructions that are executed with the processor in the Transactional state.
CVE-2014-2672 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2020-08-27 7.1 HIGH N/A
Race condition in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large amount of network traffic that triggers certain list deletions.
CVE-2014-2309 3 Linux, Opensuse, Suse 3 Linux Kernel, Opensuse, Linux Enterprise Server 2020-08-27 6.1 MEDIUM N/A
The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.
CVE-2014-0102 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2020-08-27 5.2 MEDIUM N/A
The keyring_detect_cycle_iterator function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly determine whether keyrings are identical, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands.
CVE-2014-0100 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2020-08-27 9.3 HIGH N/A
Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free error) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large series of fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a heavy CPU load.
CVE-2009-1242 5 Canonical, Debian, Fedoraproject and 2 more 5 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Fedora and 2 more 2020-08-27 4.9 MEDIUM N/A
The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
CVE-2010-2959 5 Debian, Fedoraproject, Linux and 2 more 8 Debian Linux, Fedora, Linux Kernel and 5 more 2020-08-27 7.2 HIGH N/A
Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.
CVE-2013-6641 5 Apple, Google, Linux and 2 more 5 Mac Os X, Chrome, Linux Kernel and 2 more 2020-08-27 7.5 HIGH N/A
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FormAssociatedElement::formRemovedFromTree function in core/html/FormAssociatedElement.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 32.0.1700.76 on Windows and before 32.0.1700.77 on Mac OS X and Linux, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of the past names map of a FORM element.
CVE-2014-0181 4 Linux, Opensuse, Redhat and 1 more 7 Linux Kernel, Evergreen, Enterprise Linux Desktop and 4 more 2020-08-26 2.1 LOW N/A
The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not provide a mechanism for authorizing socket operations based on the opener of a socket, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify network configurations by using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr of a setuid program.