Missing Authorization Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2561340
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Oct 2019

Introduced: 1 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17055  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-1160.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4060.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

base_sock_create in drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the AF_ISDN 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-b91ee4aa2a21.

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