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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17053: CVE-2019-17053 kernel: unprivileged users able to create RAW sockets in AF_IEEE802154 network protocol (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17053: CVE-2019-17053 kernel: unprivileged users able to create RAW sockets in AF_IEEE802154 network protocol (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/01/2019
Created
05/01/2020
Added
04/29/2020
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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