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CVE-2023-4508

Publication date 24 August 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A user able to control file input to Gerbv, between versions 2.4.0 and 2.10.0, can cause a crash and cause denial-of-service with a specially crafted Gerber RS-274X file.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Impact is only a denial of service.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gerbv 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2.9.8-1ubuntu0.1
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Notes


iosifache

CWE-824 and CAPEC-263

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gerbv

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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