CVE-2023-6040
Netfilter Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability
Description
An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 12, 2024, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 8:43 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 Added Reference https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html Added Reference https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.17 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.16 up to (excluding) 4.19.305 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.267 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.208 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.147 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 5.18 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 08, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Canonical Ltd. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 No Types Assigned https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-125 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.17 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 12, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Canonical Ltd. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 [No types assigned] -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 12, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access. Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 [No types assigned] Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 [No types assigned] Added CWE Canonical Ltd. CWE-125 Added CVSS V3.1 Canonical Ltd. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-6040 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} -0.00%
score
0.05724
percentile