Access Restriction Bypass Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.5-rc4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5848045
  • published22 Aug 2023
  • disclosed7 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.5-rc4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass via the TUN/TAP functionality. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to bypass network filters and gain unauthorised access to some resources.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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