SB2023100455 - Fedora 40 update for firecracker, virtiofsd
Published: October 4, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023100455
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41051)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in multiple functions in VolatileMemory class. A remote user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.