CVE-2019-17053

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-17053  

Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-09-20 CWE: CWE-250 Bugzilla: 1758242: CVE-2019-17053 kernel: privilege escalation in ieee802154_create in net/ieee802154/socket.c in the AF_IEEE802154 network module ieee802154_create in net/ieee802154/socket.c in the AF_IEEE802154 network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-e69dbd4619e7.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

ieee802154_create in net/ieee802154/socket.c in the AF_IEEE802154 network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-e69dbd4619e7.

Find out more about CVE-2019-17053 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-alt Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Under investigation
Unless explicitly stated as not affected, all previous versions of packages in any minor update stream of a product listed here should be assumed vulnerable, although may not have been subject to full analysis.