CVE-2019-17053

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.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory kernel.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0edc3f703f7bcaf550774b5d43ab727bcd0fe06b patch vendor advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e69dbd4619e7674c1679cba49afd9dd9ac347eef patch vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6JNEWGIK7QA24OIUUL67QZNJN52NB7T/ vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4185-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4184-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4185-2/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-2/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17053?
CVE-2019-17053 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17053?
To fix CVE-2019-17053, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-17053 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-17053 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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