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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40458 (CVE-2023-40458)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-11-29 23:15 – Updated: 2026-10-17 09:18 – Source website

Details

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in Sierra Wireless, Inc ALEOS could potentially allow a remote attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition for ACEManager without impairing other router functions. This condition is cleared by restarting the device.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

7.5 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40458	REPORT
	https://www.forescout.com/resources/sierra21-vuln…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40458	REPORT

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CVE-2023-40458 (GCVE-0-2023-40458)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-29 22:58 – Updated: 2024-08-02 18:31

Title

AceManager DOS Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

SWI CNA

CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/secur…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
sierrawireless	ALEOS	Affected: 4.10.0 , ≤ 4.16 (custom) Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.9.8 (custom)

Date Public

2023-11-28 19:00

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