CVE-2023-28769 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The buffer overflow vulnerability in the library “libclinkc.so” of the web server “zhttpd” in Zyxel DX5401-B0 firmware versions prior to V5.17(ABYO.1)C0 could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute some OS commands or to cause denial-of-service (DoS) conditions on a vulnerable device.

Published: 2023-04-27

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 72.2% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Zyxel

DX5401-B0 firmware

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< V5.17(ABYO.1)C0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:dx5401-b0_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:dx5401-b0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

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 0.72195.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-multiple-vulnerabilities

History

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Zyxel Dx5401-b0 Dx5401-b0 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zyxel

Published: 2023-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-31T18:43:25.918Z

Reserved: 2023-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28769

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T13:51:37.019Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-27T09:15:09.057

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:55:58.413

Link: CVE-2023-28769

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120

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