Security advisory

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  "id": "9c3bc2ad6db949fe6e359425936e37a06f36ed0608454a2fd79da0c60178c653",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28938",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-28938",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-28938",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-28938"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "e30ca260741d727e6f444e8f2ce25fe7a5a26567"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mdadm_project:mdadm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mdadm_project:mdadm:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "4.2-rc1"
                      },
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "mdadm-4.2-rc1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/neilbrown/mdadm",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "e30ca260741d727e6f444e8f2ce25fe7a5a26567"
                },
                {
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                },
                {
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mdadm_project:mdadm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "4.2"
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                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mdadm_project:mdadm:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "4.2-rc1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.2-rc1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.2-rc1",
            "mdadm-4.2-rc1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-28938.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:56.031675293Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-28938",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438569,
  "published_at": "2023-08-11T03:15:27.257+00:00"
}