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.

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)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mdadm_project Mdadm — versions 4.2
N/a Intel(r) Ssd Tools Software — versions before version mdadm-4.2-rc2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secure@intel.com (Vendor Advisory)

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.