Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.210-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LINUX49-551896
  • published3 Oct 2019
  • disclosed1 Oct 2019

Introduced: 1 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-276  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.210-1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.9 package and not the linux-4.9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1