FKIE_CVE-2023-32251

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-07-31 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-30 07:16
Severity
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel's ksmbd component (kernel SMB/CIFS server). A security control designed to prevent dictionary attacks, which introduces a 5-second delay during session setup, can be bypassed through the use of asynchronous requests. This bypass negates the intended anti-brute-force protection, potentially allowing attackers to conduct dictionary attacks more efficiently against user credentials or other authentication mechanisms.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32251
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2385852
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b096d97f47326b1e2dbdef1c91fab69ffda54d17
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-699/
Impacted products
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