Is CVE-2023-53516 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-53516 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-53516?

CVE-2023-53516 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-53516?

CVE-2023-53516 has an EPSS score of 0.13% (3th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53516?

Upgrade linux on debian 13 to 6.4.11-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-53516

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF The previous commit 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for broadcast cutoff") added one additional attribute named IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF to allow broadcast cutfoff. However, it forgot to describe the nla_policy at macvlan_policy (drivers/net/macvlan.c). Hence, this suppose NLA_S32 (4 bytes) integer can be faked as empty (0 bytes) by a malicious user, which could leads to OOB in heap just like CVE-2023-3773. To fix it, this commit just completes the nla_policy description for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF. This enforces the length check and avoids the potential OOB read.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:6.4.11-1CVE-2023-53516

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

3rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 3% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

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CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
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