Wazuh up to 4.5.2 stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in Wazuh up to 4.5.2 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-42463. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Wazuh up to 4.5.2. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. This bug introduced a stack overflow hazard that could allow a local privilege escalation. This vulnerability was patched in version 4.5.3.

The weakness was shared 01/12/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-42463 since 09/08/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Wazuh

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• 4.5.0
• 4.5.1
• 4.5.2

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• Product: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/

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