CVE-2023-1206

A hash collision flaw was found in the IPv6 connection lookup table in the Linux kernel’s IPv6 functionality when a user makes a new kind of SYN flood attack. A user located in the local network or with a high bandwidth connection can increase the CPU usage of the server that accepts IPV6 connections up to 95%.

CVSS v3 5.7 MEDIUM

5.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2175903	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0006/
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-30 22:15

Updated : 2024-01-11 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-1206

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1206

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-1206

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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