Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization Affecting openssh-portable package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSHPORTABLE-6139289
  • published25 Dec 2023
  • disclosed24 Dec 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-51767  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-653  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for openssh-portable.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization with the memory involved in the mm_answer_authpassword() function. A co-located attacker with low privileges can escalate privileges by inducing bit flips through ROWHAMMER attacks on stack variables and register values.

CVSS Scores

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