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CVE-2023-2156

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Date: May 8, 2023

A flaw was found in the networking subsystem of the Linux kernel within the handling of the RPL protocol. This issue results from the lack of proper handling of user-supplied data, which can lead to an assertion failure. This may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (13)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2156

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196292

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/17/8

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5453

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/17/9

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00001.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2156

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/19/1

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230622-0001/

Url: https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-547/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/18/1

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-2156

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2023-2156

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Date: May 8, 2023

Language: C

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Related Resources (13)

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CVSS v3.1

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