CVE-2023-33980 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Bramble Synchronisation Protocol (BSP) in Briar before 1.4.22 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated application crashes) via a series of long messages to a contact.

Published: 2023-05-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:briarproject:briar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-38104	Bramble Synchronisation Protocol (BSP) in Briar before 1.4.22 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated application crashes) via a series of long messages to a contact.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00214.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://briarproject.org/news/2023-three-security-issues-found-and-fixed/
https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/infk/inst-infsec/appliedcrypto/education/theses/report_YuanmingSong.pdf

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Briarproject Briar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T15:56:23.267Z

Reserved: 2023-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-33980

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:54:14.151Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-24T18:15:10.827

Modified: 2025-01-16T16:15:30.280

Link: CVE-2023-33980

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-400

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