CVE-2023-4234 Affecting ofono package, versions <1.31-2ubuntu1+esm1
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- published1 Jun 2025
- disclosed17 Apr 2024
Introduced: 17 Apr 2024
CVE-2023-4234 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 ofono to version 1.31-2ubuntu1+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ofono package and not the ofono package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the decode_submit_report() function during the SMS decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS. There is a bound check for this memcpy length in decode_submit(), but it was forgotten in decode_submit_report().
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-4234
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255399
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBTPKR3LYTTLROPXF77FL4SPLXVHNC4T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VG6FHQITWUNHBDGPXUQ77SZK5O5BYIBZ/