| Name | CVE-2023-3773 |
| Description | A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem). This issue may allow a malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause a 4 byte out-of-bounds read of XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH when parsing netlink attributes, leading to potential leakage of sensitive heap data to userspace. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3623-1, DSA-5492-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.304-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.209-2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.205-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.76-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.85-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.7.12-1 | fixed |
| linux-5.10 (PTS) | buster (security) | 5.10.209-2~deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230723074110.3705047-1-linma@zju.edu.cn/T/#u