CVE-2023-28711 Denial of service in Hyperscan Library maintained by Intel(R)
An authenticated local user can cause a denial of service in the Hyperscan Library due to insufficient control flow management.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-28711?
CVE-2023-28711 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hyperscan Library maintained by Intel(R), published on 11 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient control flow management in the Hyperscan Library maintained by Intel(R) before version 5.4.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28711?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Hyperscan Library.
How do I fix CVE-2023-28711?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2023-28711 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28711 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-95ch-mqcf-w529, OESA-2023-1609.