CVE-2023-28938

Publication date 11 August 2023

Last updated 30 May 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.4 · Low

Score breakdown

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.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Denial of service in command line tool option only

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mdadm 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Notes


mdeslaur

mdadm generally requires root privileges

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
mdadm

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.4 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L