A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The sctp_mt_check did not validate the flag_count field. This flaw allows a local privileged (CAP_NET_ADMIN) attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a crash or information disclosure.
CVE-2023-39193
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 66% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 34.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 9, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (13)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39193
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2226787
- secalert@redhathttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-18866/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39193
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2226787
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-18866/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-39193(2)
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Patch Availability(20)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Additional Vendor Advisories
(19)
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- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-391932023-10-12
Kernel: netfilter: xtables sctp out-of-bounds read in match_flags()
- Red HatRHSA-2024:2950MODERATE2023-09-29
RHSA-2024:2950 — Moderate
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