CVE-2023-0179

moderate-risk
Published 2023-03-27

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.48% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (17)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Linux Canonical Fedoraproject

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171601/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LN...
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161713
Exploit https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/20
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0003/
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171601/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LN...
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161713
Exploit https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/20
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0003/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate