CVE-2023-39193

medium

Description

A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The sctp_mt_check did not validate the flag_count field. This flaw allows a local privileged (CAP_NET_ADMIN) attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a crash or information disclosure.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-18866/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2226787

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39193

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-09

Updated: 2024-04-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium