CVE-2023-0179
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.162-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0951
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1008
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0179.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RXSA-2023:0951
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0979
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-0179
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2119048
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2150999
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2152548
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2152807
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2161713
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0951.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0979.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.