CVE-2023-40462

Improper input leads to DoS

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Dec 4, 2023
Updated: Feb 13, 2025
Reserved: Aug 14, 2023

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Description

The ACEManager component of ALEOS 4.16 and earlier does not

perform input sanitization during authentication, which could

potentially result in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition for

ACEManager without impairing other router functions. ACEManager

recovers from the DoS condition by restarting within ten seconds of

becoming unavailable.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	SWI

Weaknesses

CWE-617 Reachable Assertion

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ALEOSSierraWireless	4.10 through 4.16Affected 4.9.8 and earlierAffected

References

https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2023-006/#sthash.6KUVtE6w.dpbs
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00024.html

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