Resource exhaustion in mdadm - CVE-2023-28938

 

Resource exhaustion in mdadm - CVE-2023-28938

Published: August 14, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79481
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28938
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: neil.brown.name
Affected software:
mdadm

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-28938

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources