CVE-2023-28856

Publication date 18 April 2023

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can use the `HINCRBYFLOAT` command to create an invalid hash field that will crash Redis on access in affected versions. This issue has been addressed in in versions 7.0.11, 6.2.12, and 6.0.19. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
redis 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1+esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm3

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H