CVE - CVE-2023-6040

CVE-ID
CVE-2023-6040	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access.
References
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MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html MISC:https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 URL:https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 MISC:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 URL:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20240112 CVE-2023-6040: Linux Kernel netfilter out-of-bounds access URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
Assigning CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Date Record Created
20231108	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20231108)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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