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CVE-2023-39179

CVE-2023-39179 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

A flaw was found within the handling of SMB2 read requests in the kernel ksmbd module. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Linux. Only systems with ksmbd enabled are vulnerable to this CVE.

EPSS 1.11% · 64.6th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score
1.11%
64.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
linuxlinux_kernel
e202a1e8634b186da38cbbff85382ea2b9e297cf
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  • Nov 18, 2024 CVE Published
  • Nov 18, 2024 CVE Updated
  • Nov 19, 2024 EPSS Score
  • Dec 8, 2024 EPSS Score
  • Dec 26, 2024 EPSS Score
  • Jan 13, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Jan 31, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Feb 18, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Mar 8, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Mar 26, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Apr 13, 2025 EPSS Score
  • May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
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