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CVE-2023-22652 (GCVE-0-2023-22652)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-01 11:51 – Updated: 2025-05-13 00:11

Title

Stack buffer overflow in "read_file" function

Summary

A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-10 18:33 UTC

CWE

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Assigner

suse mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-202…
https://https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/177
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…
https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/177	exploit

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
openSUSE	libeconf	Affected: ? , < 0.5.2 (0.5.2)	guessed

Credits

https://github.com/yangjiageng

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RHSA-2023_4347

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2023-08-01 08:55 - Updated: 2024-11-22 23:27

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: libeconf security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22652.

CVE-2023-22652

A flaw was found in the libeconf library. This issue occurs when parsing a specially crafted configuration file, causing a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service.

6.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Fixed: 21 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4347

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SUSE-SU-2023:3639-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-09-18 11:33 - Updated: 2026-09-20 15:20

Summary

Security update for libeconf

Severity

Moderate

Scope

4 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22652.

CVE-2023-22652

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 10 products

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SUSE-SU-2023:3954-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-10-03 18:10 - Updated: 2023-10-03 18:10

Summary

Security update for libeconf

Severity

Important

Scope

4 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22652.

CVE-2023-22652

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 40 products

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SUSE-SU-2023:3954-2

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-10-18 19:05 - Updated: 2026-09-20 15:24

Summary

Security update for libeconf

Severity

Important

Scope

4 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22652.

CVE-2023-22652

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 3 products

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SUSE-SU-2024:2426-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2024-07-12 13:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 15:59

Summary

Security update for libeconf

Severity

Important

Scope

4 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22652.

CVE-2023-22652

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 1 product

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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22652 (CVE-2023-22652)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-06-01 12:15 – Updated: 2026-06-02 17:37 – Source website

Details

A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22652	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-202…	REPORT
	https://https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/177	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22652	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8368-1	ADVISORY

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WID-SEC-W-2023-1936

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-08-01 22:00 - Updated: 2026-06-02 22:00

Summary

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (libeconf): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22652.

CVE-2023-22652

Known affected: 6 products

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WID-SEC-W-2024-1591

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-07-10 22:00 - Updated: 2024-11-11 23:00

Summary

Juniper JUNOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Mittel

Scope

281 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22652.

CVE-2023-22652

Es existieren mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Juniper-Produkten. Ursachen sind unter Anderem Ungenügende Eingabeüberprüfungen, Unsachgemäße Überprüfung und Verarbeitung von Paketen, fehlende Speicherfreigaben, fehlerhafte Behandlung von Ausnahmen, Unsachgemäße Speicherbehandlung, unkontrollierter Ressourcenverbrauch, Klartextspeicherung von Daten und Pufferüberläufe. Diese Schwachstellen ermöglichen Angreifern Denial of Service Zustände zu verursachen, Informationen offenzulegen, Code auszuführen, Privilegien zu erweitern und Sicherheitsmechanismen inklusive der Firewall Funktionalität zu umgehen. Zu einer erfolgreichen Ausnutzung einiger dieser Schwachstellen ist eine Anmeldung oder eine Interaktion des Nutzers notwendig.

Known affected: 1 product

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CVE-2023-22652 (GCVE-0-2023-22652)

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