CVE-2023-1076

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 33
Modified
Published: 27 Mar 2023, 00:00
Last modified:24 Feb 2025, 17:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
<0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Mar 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
24 Feb 2025, 17:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAP_NET_ADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that capability. This would make tun/tap sockets being incorrectly treated in filtering/routing decisions, possibly bypassing network filters.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 1%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-791•Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements

    The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

  • CWE-843•Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

    The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    na

References (3)