Resource exhaustion in Mdadm Project

CVE-2023-28938

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a priviledged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.4 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-28938: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Mdadm Project — versions 4.2
  • Intel(r) Ssd Tools Software — versions before version mdadm-4.2-rc2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28938?
CVE-2023-28938 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mdadm Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.4/10. Published 2023-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-28938?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.4 out of 10.