High severity · published May 4, 2023
CVE-2023-31284
illumos illumos-gate before 676abcb has a stack buffer overflow in /dev/net, leading to privilege escalation via a stat on a long file name in /dev/net
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
illumos illumos-gate before 676abcb has a stack buffer overflow in /dev/net, leading to privilege escalation via a stat on a long file name in /dev/net.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IL
Illumos-gate · Illumos
before 2023-04-29 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31284
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31284
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/4
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/5
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/14/4
Product
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/tree/16b76d3cb933ff92018a2a75594449010192eacb
Issue Tracking
https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T13ef186a53edeb5c-M821cc18b5884e04e16daa8fd/cve-2023-31284-buffer-overflow-in-dev-net
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