CVE-2020-26088 Information

Description

A missing CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation in net/nfc/rawsock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.2 could be used by local attackers to create raw sockets bypassing security mechanisms aka CID-26896f01467a.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.2 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26896f01467a28651f7a536143fe5ac8449d4041 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5