CVE-2023-28772

Public on 2023-03-23
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3. lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2021-10-05 ALAS-2021-1539
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2021-08-05 ALAS2-2021-1696
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-01-28 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-004
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-28 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H