Fedora 37 update for firecracker



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-41051
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

firecracker
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU81462

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.6 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41051

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

firecracker: before 1.4.1-2.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-1db67725f2


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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