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CVE-2023-37453

Public on 2023-07-06
Modified on 2024-03-01
Description

An issue was discovered in the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.4.2. There is an out-of-bounds and crash in read_descriptors in drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2023-09-27 22:59 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-040
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-09-27 22:59 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-027
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-09-27 21:04 ALAS2023-2023-356

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-37453 Mitre: CVE-2023-37453 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity