CVE-2023-52620 (GCVE-0-2023-52620)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-21 10:43 – Updated: 2026-10-15 00:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets
Never used from userspace, disallow these parameters.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-26 20:33 UTC
Assigner
References
9 references
Impacted products
3 products
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
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(git)
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guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.1 (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.312 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.274 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.215 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.151 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.81 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem |
Affected:
0 , < V1.1.1
(custom)
|
guessed |
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