CVE-2023-6874 Zigbee Unauthenticated DoS via NWK Sequence number manipulation

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in Zigbee networks by manipulating NWK sequence numbers, affecting devices using the Ember ZNet stack.

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-2023-6874?

CVE-2023-6874 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in silabs.com GSDK, published on 5 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Prior to v7.4.0, Ember ZNet is vulnerable to a denial of service attack through manipulation of the NWK sequence number

Weakness: CWE-754, CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6874?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Silabs Gecko Software Development Kit.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6874 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-2023-6874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vm59-55f6-4qp9.

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