CVE-2023-46838
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Transmit requests in Xen's virtual network protocol can consist of multiple parts. While not really useful, except for the initial part any of them may be of zero length, i.e. carry no data at all. Besides a certain initial portion of the to be transferred data, these parts are directly translated into what Linux calls SKB fragments. Such converted request parts can, when for a particular SKB they are all of length zero, lead to a de-reference of NULL in core networking code.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
ssvc
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affected products (35)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0176Xen: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2024-01-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Xen ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (19)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-46838/cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGEKT4DKSDXDS34EL7M4UVJMMPH7Z3ZZ/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZFYW6R64GPLUOXSQBJI3JBUX3HGLAYPP/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2024.0406cnnvd
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-448.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-448.htmlcnnvd
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