CVE-2023-28938 (GCVE-0-2023-28938)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-11 02:36 – Updated: 2024-10-02 14:28
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
3.4 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • denial of service
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled resource consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Intel(R) SSD Tools software Affected: before version mdadm-4.2-rc2
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