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CVE-2023-7192

Date: January 2, 2024

A memory leak problem was found in ctnetlink_create_conntrack in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack due to a refcount overflow.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (16)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256279

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1250

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1382

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7192

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0723

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1306

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7192

Url: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=ac4893980bbe79ce383daf9a0885666a30fe4c83

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0725

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1188

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1367

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2006

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-7192

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1404

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2008

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-7192

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')

CWE-402

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2023-7192

Date: January 2, 2024

Language: C

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Related Resources (16)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

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