SB2020031202 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 update for kernel
Published: March 12, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17055)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the base_sock_create in drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the AF_ISDN network module for the Linux kernel does not enforce CAP_NET_RAW. A local unprivileged user can create a raw socket.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17133)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-sme.c in Linux kernel, because the affected component does not reject a long SSID IE. A remote attacker on the local wireless network can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.