{ "id": "CVE-2023-4194", "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "published": "2023-08-07T14:15:11.743", "lastModified": "2023-08-14T03:15:09.813", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis", "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP functionality. This issue could allow a local user to bypass network filters and gain unauthorized access to some resources. The original patches fixing CVE-2023-1076 are incorrect or incomplete. The problem is that the following upstream commits - a096ccca6e50 (\"tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize socket uid\"), - 66b2c338adce (\"tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid\"), pass \"inode->i_uid\" to sock_init_data_uid() as the last parameter and that turns out to not be accurate." } ], "metrics": { "cvssMetricV31": [ { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM" }, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6 } ] }, "references": [ { "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4194", "source": "secalert@redhat.com" }, { "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229498", "source": "secalert@redhat.com" }, { "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/344H6HO6SSC4KT7PDFXSDIXKMKHISSGF/", "source": "secalert@redhat.com" }, { "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TYLSJ2SAI7RF56ZLQ5CQWCJLVJSD73Q/", "source": "secalert@redhat.com" }, { "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230731164237.48365-1-lersek@redhat.com/", "source": "secalert@redhat.com" }, { "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230731164237.48365-2-lersek@redhat.com/", "source": "secalert@redhat.com" }, { "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230731164237.48365-3-lersek@redhat.com/", "source": "secalert@redhat.com" } ] }