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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-52620 json

netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets

published 2024-03-21 2 y ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also EUVD-2023-57244

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.151, 6.1.81, 6.4
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1.1
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.82-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.4.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52620

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-189.209
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-112.122
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1128.138
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1063.69
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1132.141
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1062.70
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1060.66
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1075.80

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52620

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:2950RHSA-2024:3138

  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 +2 more 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1SUSE-SU-2024:1646-1SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1

  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-kvm AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2950ALSA-2024:3138ALSA-2024:2394

  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1
  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:3138RLSA-2024:2950RLSA-2024:3138

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-52620 updated cvss 2.5

kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:2394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.el8_10, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:3138
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:2394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:3138
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:2394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:2950
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:2394
show 3 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:2950
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2024:2394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-102-01 updated cvss 2.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
    affected: mitigation, no fix available

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • Linux Linux
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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