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CVE-2023-52880

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52880 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting Debian and other Linux distributions, where an unprivileged user could attach the N_GSM0710 line discipline without requiring CAP_NET_ADMIN. This oversight allowed a potential denial of service (A:H) due to the ability to attach the line discipline without proper authorization. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 5.5), the vulnerability has a local attack vector (AV:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L) with no user interaction (UI:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.19.312CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.274CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.215CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.155CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.86CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
pjsippatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4
View patch
oraclevendor investigatingvia oracle_oval
Product: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:6:10:UEKR4_ELS
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (4)

nodejsllm-nodejs-302528ae26f0d946CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
pjsipllm-pjsip-7ba3ec379210ac70CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
redhatCVE-2023-52880Low

kernel: tty: n_gsm: require CAP_NET_ADMIN to attach N_GSM0710 ldisc

May 24, 2024
oracleoval:com.oracle.ovmsa:def:20240010IMPORTANT

OVMSA-2024-0010: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2b85977977cbd120591b23c2450e90a5806a7167
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2d154a54c58f9c8375bfbea9f7e51ba3bfb2e43a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/67c37756898a5a6b2941a13ae7260c89b54e0d88
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7a529c9023a197ab3bf09bb95df32a3813f7ba58
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7d303dee473ba3529d75b63491e9963342107bed
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ada28eb4b9561aab93942f3224a2e41d76fe57fa
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory