CVE-2023-52159

Publication date 18 March 2024

Last updated 3 March 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in gross 0.9.3 through 1.x before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (grossd daemon crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code in grossd via crafted SMTP transaction parameters that cause an incorrect strncat for a log entry.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gross 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.0.2-4ubuntu0.24.04.1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.0.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.0.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H