CVE-2023-28503 Authentication bypass in UniRPC's udadmin service
Attackers can bypass authentication using a hardcoded credential to execute OS commands as root on Rocket Software UniData and UniVerse servers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-28503?
CVE-2023-28503 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Rocket Software UniData, published on 29 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Rocket Software UniData versions prior to 8.2.4 build 3003 and UniVerse versions prior to 11.3.5 build 1001 or 12.2.1 build 2002 suffer from an authentication bypass vulnerability, where a special username with a deterministic password can be leveraged to bypass authentication checks and execute OS commands as the root user.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28503?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Rocketsoftware Unidata, Rocketsoftware Universe.
How do I fix CVE-2023-28503?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28503 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-28503 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-28503 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Other vulnerabilities in Rocket Software UniData
- CVE-2023-28501 Heap buffer overflow in unirpcd
- CVE-2023-28502 Stack buffer overflow in UniRPC's udadmin_server service
- CVE-2023-28504 Stack buffer overflow in UniRPC library function
- CVE-2023-28507 Memory exhaustion in LZ4 decompression in UniRPC daemon
- CVE-2023-28506 Stack buffer overflow in UniRPC service
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g594-6376-7c5r.