CVE-2023-52881

kernel: TCP-spoofed ghost ACKs and leak leak initial sequence number

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 1, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Two TCP spoofing primitives exist where an attacker can brute force the server-chosen send window by acknowledging data that was never sent, called "ghost ACKs." There are side channels that also allow the attacker to leak the otherwise secret server-chosen initial sequence number (ISN). One of these side channels leverages TCP SYN cookies.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE not specified