CVE-2023-6813
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability (CVE-2023-3812) was discovered in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP device driver functionality. The vulnerability affects Linux kernel versions from 4.15 up to 6.0.8, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and 9.0 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability occurs when a user generates a malicious oversized networking packet with napi frags enabled in the TUN/TAP device driver. This flaw is classified as an Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) and Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access requirements with low attack complexity (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability can allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the affected system. This poses a significant risk to system stability and security, particularly in multi-user environments (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability and is available through various Linux distributions' security updates. Red Hat has released multiple security advisories (RHSA) to address this vulnerability across different versions of their Enterprise Linux distributions (Red Hat Advisory).

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