High severity · published Oct 15, 2023
CVE-2023-45871
An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3. A buffer size may not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.4 before 4.14.326; 4.15 before 4.19.295; 4.20 before 5.4.257; 5.5 before 5.10.195; 5.11 before 5.15.132; 5.16 before 6.1.53; +2 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45871
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45871
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.5.3
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=bb5ed01cd2428cd25b1c88a3a9cba87055eb289f
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0001/
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
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