CVE-2023-53705 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.119.1.0.17.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-BPFTOOL-15321014
  • published19 Feb 2026
  • disclosed22 Oct 2025

Introduced: 22 Oct 2025

CVE-2023-53705  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 bpftool to version 0:3.10.0-1160.119.1.0.17.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-0755.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv()

optlen is fetched without checking whether there is more than one byte to parse. It can lead to out-of-bounds access.

Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Base Scores

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