VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-1074
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.24%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol. This issue may occur when a user starts a malicious networking service and someone connects to this service. This could allow a local user to starve resources, causing a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173430Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=458e279f861d3f61796894cd158b780765a1569fMailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173430Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=458e279f861d3f61796894cd158b780765a1569fMailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.