Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory – Herbert Xu discovered that iproute can accept spoofed messages sent via the kernel netlink interface by other users on the local machine. This could lead to a local Denial of Service attack.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/35327/MDKSA-2004-148.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/35327/Mandriva-Linux-Security-Advisory-2004.148.html