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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-1605
CVE-2023-1605:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Denial of Service vulnerability was identified in the radareorg/radare2 repository affecting versions prior to 5.8.6. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 23, 2023, and was assigned the identifier CVE-2023-1605. The issue specifically affects the radare2 software, which is a reverse engineering framework (MITRE CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability manifests as a segmentation fault that occurs when bin->symbols is NULL in the patchrelocs function within libr/bin/p/bincoff.c. This condition was not properly handled in the code, leading to potential denial of service conditions (GitHub Commit).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability can cause a denial of service condition in the affected radare2 installations, potentially disrupting the normal operation of the software (Debian Tracker).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in radare2 version 5.8.6 and later. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this security issue. The fix involves proper handling of NULL pointer checks in the affected code section (Huntr).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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