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CVE-2023-4233

Published: 17 April 2024

A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the sms_decode_address_field() function during the SMS PDU decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
ZDI-CAN-20996

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
ofono
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

noble Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ofono/ofono.git/commit/?id=1a5fbefa59465bec80425add562bdb1d36ec8e23
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of gcc's stack protector in Ubuntu.