Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-3610 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Flaw in the error handling of bound chains causes a use-after-free in the abort path of NFT_MSG_NEWRULE. The vulnerability requires CAP_NET_ADMIN to be triggered. We recommend upgrading past commit 4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://kernel.dance/4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=4bedf9eee016286c835e3d8fa981ddece5338795
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5461
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00001.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0005/