Bug 2208936 (CVE-2023-28753) - CVE-2023-28753 Netconsd: integer overflow in parse_packet function
Summary: CVE-2023-28753 Netconsd: integer overflow in parse_packet function
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2023-28753
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2208937 2208938
Blocks: 2208481
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Reported: 2023-05-22 06:40 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2023-05-22 12:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-05-22 12:31:42 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-05-22 06:40:41 UTC 
netconsd prior to v0.2 was vulnerable to an integer overflow in its parse_packet function. A malicious individual could leverage this overflow to create heap memory corruption with attacker controlled data.

References:
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2023-28753
https://github.com/facebook/netconsd/commit/9fc54edf54f7caea1189c2b979337ed37af2c60e
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-05-22 06:42:55 UTC 
Created netconsd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2208938]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2208937]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-22 12:31:40 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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