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Vulnerability IntelligenceUBUNTU-CVE-2023-0179

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0179

HIGH7.8

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Esc

Published Jan 13, 2023

Modified 8 months ago

Fix available

Details

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

Affected Packages(199 packages)

linux

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.3.0-18.195.3.0-24.26

Fixed in:

5.4.0-9.12

linux

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.13.0-19.195.15.0-17.175.15.0-18.185.15.0-22.225.15.0-23.235.15.0-25.255.15.0-27.285.15.0-30.315.15.0-33.345.15.0-35.36+15 more

Fixed in:

5.15.0-67.74

linux

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Fixed in:

3.11.0-12.19

linux

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.13.0-16.19

linux

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.2.0-16.194.2.0-17.214.2.0-19.234.3.0-1.104.3.0-2.114.3.0-5.164.3.0-6.174.3.0-7.18

Fixed in:

4.4.0-2.16

linux

Ubuntu 24.10

Fixed in:

6.8.0-31.31

linux

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Fixed in:

6.5.0-9.9

linux-aws

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Fixed in:

6.5.0-1008.8

linux-aws

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.3.0-1003.35.3.0-1008.95.3.0-1009.105.3.0-1010.11

Fixed in:

5.4.0-1005.5

linux-aws

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.13.0-1005.65.15.0-1002.45.15.0-1003.55.15.0-1004.65.15.0-1005.75.15.0-1008.105.15.0-1009.115.15.0-1011.145.15.0-1013.175.15.0-1014.18+11 more

Fixed in:

5.15.0-1031.35

References

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/patch/20230111212251.193032-4-pablo@netfilter.org/

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0179

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5856-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5857-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5858-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5859-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5911-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5912-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5915-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5929-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5935-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5938-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5941-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5950-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5962-1

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0179

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/13/2

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related

CVE-2023-0179 USN-5856-1 USN-5857-1 USN-5858-1 USN-5859-1 USN-5911-1 USN-5912-1 USN-5915-1 USN-5929-1 USN-5935-1 USN-5938-1 USN-5941-1 USN-5950-1 USN-5962-1

Ecosystems(29)

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Timeline

PublishedJan 13, 2023

ModifiedJun 24, 2025

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