UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0179

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0179

    Published: 13 Jan 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-0179
    Aliases:
    USN-5856-1
    USN-5857-1
    USN-5858-1

    Summary:

    Details: A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0179, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/13/2, https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/patch/[email protected]/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5856-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5857-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5858-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5859-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5911-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5912-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5915-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5929-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5935-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5938-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5941-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5950-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5962-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0179

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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