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CVE-2023-0179

Public on 2023-01-27
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2023-01-31 20:02 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-026
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-01-31 20:02 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-013
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-02-17 20:46 ALAS2023-2023-070
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-5.10.155-138.670 2023-03-02 18:07 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-108
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-5.10.157-139.675 2023-03-02 18:07 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-109
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-5.10.162-141.675 2023-03-02 18:07 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-110

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-0179 Mitre: CVE-2023-0179 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity