VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2023-2593
This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.73%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw exists within the Linux kernel's handling of new TCP connections. The issue results from the lack of memory release after its effective lifetime. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.73% probability · 52th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.