Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-2156 - Reachable Assertion vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-547/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196292
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/17/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/17/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/18/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/19/1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230622-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5453
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00001.html