UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28488

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28488

    Published: 12 Apr 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-28488
    Aliases:
    USN-6236-1

    Summary:

    Details: client.c in gdhcp in ConnMan through 1.41 could be used by network-adjacent attackers (operating a crafted DHCP server) to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and denial of service, terminating the connman process.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28488, https://github.com/moehw/poc_exploits/tree/master/CVE-2023-28488, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=99e2c16ea1cced34a5dc450d76287a1c3e762138, https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/network/connman/connman/+/99e2c16ea1cced34a5dc450d76287a1c3e762138, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6236-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28488

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: connman

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.21-1.2+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.21-1.2
    1.21-1.2build1
    1.21-1.2build2
    1.21-1.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

    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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