Fedora 37 update for kernel



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-1859
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU75769

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1859

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to gain access to sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xen_9pfs_front_removet() function in net/9p/trans_xen.c in Xen transport for 9pfs. A malicious guest VM can trigger a use-after-free error and gain access to sensitive information of the hypervisor or crash it.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

kernel: before 6.2.12-200.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-4f2cf7e5d2


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



###SIDEBAR###