CVE-2023-28938

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-08-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a priviledged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Affected products

Mdadm Project Mdadm: before 4.2; 4.2-rc1 — fixed in 4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mdadm Project Mdadm 4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00690.html
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00690.html

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