CVE-2023-3338

Summary

CVECVE-2023-3338
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-30 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's DECnet networking protocol. This issue could allow a remote user to crash the system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.5 rc1 All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: CVE-2023-3338: Linux Kernel NULL Pointer Dereference in DECnet MISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3623-1] linux-5.10 security update MISC lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5480-1 linux MISC www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3508-1] linux security update MISC lists.debian.org
2218618 – (CVE-2023-3338) CVE-2023-3338 kernel: DECnet: crash due to a NULL pointer dereference in the dn_nsp_send function MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2023-3338 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security MISC security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199804 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6417-1)
  • 199809 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6416-1)
  • 199814 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6416-2)
  • 199840 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) Vulnerabilities (USN-6416-3)
  • 199844 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) Vulnerabilities (USN-6445-1)
  • 199858 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) Vulnerabilities (USN-6445-2)
  • 6000136 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3508-1)
  • 6000212 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5480-1)
  • 6000265 Debian Security Update for linux-5.10 (DLA 3623-1)
  • 673449 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2898)
  • 673970 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2879)
  • 907605 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (31687-1)
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