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CVE-2023-1206 Detail

Description

A hash collision flaw was found in the IPv6 connection lookup table in the Linux kernel’s IPv6 functionality when a user makes a new kind of SYN flood attack. A user located in the local network or with a high bandwidth connection can increase the CPU usage of the server that accepts IPV6 connections up to 95%.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2175903 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2175903 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0006/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0006/
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-1206
NVD Published Date:
06/30/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.