PT-2023-5125 · Microsoft · Windows

Wei · Published 2023-09-12 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-38149

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a denial-of-service vulnerability in the implementation of the TCP/IP protocol in Windows operating systems, caused by insufficient input validation. This can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For all affected versions, consider disabling router discovery on all IPv6 interfaces as a temporary mitigation measure. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-05716

CVE-2023-38149

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38149 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38149 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38149 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-38149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05716 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/Automox/status/1704902835379282395 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/70318 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023091250 · Note