Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-3865 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
Linux kernel Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Linux Foundation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU81661
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3865
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ksmbd_smb2_check_message() function in fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c when parsing smb2_hdr structure. A remote user can send specially crafted packets to ksmbd, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsLinux kernel: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-980/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230626180806.056931954@linuxfoundation.org/
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5fe7f7b78290638806211046a99f031ff26164e1
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.