PT-2023-23653 · Libeconf+2 · Libeconf+2

Published 2023-06-01 · Updated 2025-03-16 · CVE-2023-32181

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libeconf versions prior to 0.5.2

Description A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input, also known as a 'Classic Buffer Overflow', vulnerability in libeconf allows for Denial of Service (DoS) via malformed configuration files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.5.2, update to version 0.5.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of malformed configuration files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-32181

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3954-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3639-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3954-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3954-2

SUSE-SU-2024:2426-1

Affected Products

Debian

Suse

Libeconf

References · 45

• 🔥 https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/178 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/yangjiageng/PoC/blob/master/libeconf-PoC/read_file_503 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05908 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://https//github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05907 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-32181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3954-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3954-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libeconf · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3639-1 · Vendor Advisory