CVE-2023-3772

medium

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem). This issue may allow a malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to directly dereference a NULL pointer in xfrm_update_ae_params(), leading to a possible kernel crash and denial of service.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218943

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3772

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0575

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7077

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6901

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-25

Updated: 2024-09-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium