CVE-2023-2283 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in libssh, affecting various Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. The flaw allows an attacker to bypass authentication checks in the pki_verify_data_signature function due to improper handling of return values during memory allocation problems. This could lead to unauthorized access (C:L, I:L). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction required. While it can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts, it does not affect availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.9.1, <= 0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.10.0, <= 0.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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