CVE-2023-3494

Summary

CVECVE-2023-3494
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-01 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-31 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe fwctl driver implements a state machine which is executed when a bhyve guest accesses certain x86 I/O ports. The interface lets the guest copy a string into a buffer resident in the bhyve process' memory. A bug in the state machine implementation can result in a buffer overflowing when copying this string. Malicious, privileged software running in a guest VM can exploit the buffer overflow to achieve code execution on the host in the bhyve userspace process, which typically runs as root, mitigated by the capabilities assigned through the Capsicum sandbox available to the bhyve process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 - All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 b1-p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 b2-p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p7 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.1 rc1-p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.2 - All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 13.2 p1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-23:07.bhyve.asc MISC security.FreeBSD.org
CVE-2023-3494 FreeBSD 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
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