Vulnerability · Published Jun 1, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-33461
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in the iniparser package (Alpine). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | iniparser | 4.1-r3 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | iniparser | 4.1-r3 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | iniparser | 4.1-r3 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | iniparser | 4.1-r3 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | iniparser | 4.1-r3 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Debian:12 | iniparser | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Debian:13 | iniparser | 4.1-7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Debian:14 | iniparser | 4.1-7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | iniparser | 4.1-4ubuntu4.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | iniparser | 4.1-4ubuntu4.1 | USN-6486-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser/issues/144
- FEDORA-2023-65f751f76d vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-6454c8edea vendor-advisory