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CVE-2023-6040

Public on 2024-01-12
Modified on 2024-01-13
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.

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 1 kernel 2024-02-01 19:33 ALAS-2024-1912
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2024-02-01 19:57 ALAS2-2024-2443
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2024-02-01 20:10 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-048
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2024-02-01 20:10 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-036
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2024-02-01 20:10 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-059
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.327-246.539 2024-02-01 20:10 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-162
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.328-248.540 2024-02-01 20:10 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-163
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.330-250.540 2024-02-01 20:10 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-161
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.334-252.552 2024-02-01 20:10 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-164
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.336-253.554 2024-02-15 04:09 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-165
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-5.10.201-191.748 2024-02-29 00:57 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-167
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-5.10.205-195.804 2024-02-29 00:57 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-169
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-5.10.205-195.807 2024-02-29 00:57 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-166

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