PT-2023-9032 · Unknown+8 · Exfatprogs+8

Maxim Suhanov · Published 2023-10-28 · Updated 2025-05-07 · CVE-2023-45897

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions exfatprogs versions prior to 1.2.2

Description The issue is related to the read file dentry set function in the exfatprogs utility, which is associated with out-of-bounds memory access. This could allow an attacker to impact data integrity.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.2, update to version 1.2.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the read file dentry set function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2437

ALSA-2024_2437

ALT-PU-2023-8412

ALT-PU-2023-8413

ALT-PU-2024-5858

BDU:2024-03156

CVE-2023-45897

DLA-3861-1

ELSA-2024-2437

INFSA-2024_2437

MGASA-2024-0166

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_4449-1

RHSA-2024:2437

RHSA-2024_2437

RLSA-2024_2437

SUSE-SU-2023:4449-1

SUSE-SU-2023_4449-1

USN-6970-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Exfatprogs

References · 38

• 🔥 https://dfir.ru/2023/11/01/cve-2023-45897-a-vulnerability-in-the-linux-exfat-userspace-tools · Exploit
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/ec78688e5fb5a70e13df82b4c0da1e6228d3ccdf · Patch
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/22d0e43e8d24119cbfc6efafabb0dec6517a86c4 · Patch
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/4abc55e976573991e6a1117bb2b3711e59da07ae · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:4449-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45897 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45897 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2437.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3861-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45897 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45897 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6970-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2437.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0166.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45897 · Vendor Advisory