A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the sms_decode_address_field() function during the SMS PDU decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the     sms_decode_address_field() function during the SMS PDU decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is     accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS. (CVE-2023-4233)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7141-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that oFono incorrectly handled decoding SMS messages leading to a stack overflow. A     remote attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2794,     CVE-2023-4233, CVE-2023-4234)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-c42ea059d0 advisory.

    Update to v2.5

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-e8a02e129e advisory.

    Backport upstream fixes for CVE-2023-4233 and CVE-2023-4234

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4e5613bcb3 advisory.

    Backport upstream fixes for CVE-2023-4233 and CVE-2023-4234

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
226997	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-4233	Nessus	Misc.	high
212203	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : oFono vulnerabilities (USN-7141-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
194654	Fedora 40 : ofono (2024-c42ea059d0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
192676	Fedora 38 : ofono (2024-e8a02e129e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
192672	Fedora 39 : ofono (2024-4e5613bcb3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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