CVE-2023-25526 Denial of service in Cumulus Linux

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker on an adjacent network can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA Cumulus Linux by injecting crafted packets that trigger uncaught exceptions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-25526?

CVE-2023-25526 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, published on 20 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA Cumulus Linux contains a vulnerability in neighmgrd and nlmanager where an attacker on an adjacent network may cause an uncaught exception by injecting a crafted packet. A successful exploit may lead to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-248

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25526?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Cumulus Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25526?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25526 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-25526 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25526 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4v88-6pp2-rx52.

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