CVE-2023-33461

Publication date 1 June 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
iniparser 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 4.1-6ubuntu0.23.10.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 4.1-6ubuntu0.23.04.1
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2023-09-11]
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 4.1-4ubuntu4.1
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Patch details

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

Package Patch details
iniparser

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)

    • USN-6486-1
    • iniParser vulnerability
    • 20 November 2023

Other references