CVE-2023-6040

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-01-12 02:15

Updated : 2024-06-27 13:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-6040

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6040

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-6040

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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