CVE-2023-39321
Description
A flaw was found in Golang. Processing an incomplete post-handshake message for a QUIC connection caused a panic.
Statement
The flaw has been marked as moderate instead of high like NVD QUICConn.HandleData buffers data and passes it to handlePostHandshakeMessage every time the buffer contains a complete message, while HandleData doesn't limit the amount of data it can buffer, a panic or denial of service would likely be lower severity,also in order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to smuggle partial handshake data which might be rejected altogether as per tls RFC specification.Therfore because of a lower severity denial of service and conditions that are beyond the scope of attackers control,we have marked this as moderate severity
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.5 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | None | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability
Technical Impact: Read Memory; Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Buffer overflows often can be used to execute arbitrary code, which is usually outside the scope of a program's implicit security policy. This can often be used to subvert any other security service.
Availability
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
Buffer overflows generally lead to crashes. Other attacks leading to lack of availability are possible, including putting the program into an infinite loop.
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Martin Seemann for reporting this issue.
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