Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-17052
Published: November 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22741
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17052
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the ax25_create() function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the AF_AX25 network module for the Linux kernel does not enforce CAP_NET_RAW when creating raw sockets. A local unprivileged user can create raw sockets on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17052
Install updates from vendor's website.