CVE-2023-46960 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in PyPXE v.1.8.4 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the handle function in the tftp module.

Published: 2024-04-29

Score: 8.6 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-82wx-rxf8-fxch	PyPXE Buffer Overflow vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00539.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pypxe/PyPXE/issues/206

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:01:22.187Z

Reserved: 2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46960

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:01:22.187Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-29T21:15:47.527

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:31:54.463

Link: CVE-2023-46960

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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