Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU79250

Input validation error in AMD products - CVE-2023-20561

Published: August 8, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79250

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20561

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

AMD uProf for Windows
AMD uProf for FreeBSD
AMD uProf for Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2023-20561

Install updates from vendor's website.

AMD uProf for Windows - update to 4.1.396
AMD uProf for FreeBSD - update to 4.1.409
AMD uProf for Linux - update to 4.1.424

External References

https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7003

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