CVE-2023-51767

OpenSSH through 10.0, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier, who states "we do not consider it to be the application's responsibility to defend against platform architectural weaknesses."
References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767 Third Party Advisory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545 Technical Description
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 Product
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 Product
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0006/ Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/22/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/22/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/22/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/26/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/27/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/28/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/29/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767 Third Party Advisory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545 Technical Description
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 Product
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 Product
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0006/ Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Summary (en) OpenSSH through 9.6, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges. (en) OpenSSH through 10.0, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier, who states "we do not consider it to be the application's responsibility to defend against platform architectural weaknesses."

21 Nov 2024, 08:38

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References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545 - Technical Description () https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545 - Technical Description
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 - Product () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 - Product
References () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 - Product () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 - Product
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0006/ - Third Party Advisory () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0006/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 - Third Party Advisory () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 - Third Party Advisory

27 Feb 2024, 15:51

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:openssh:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Openbsd openssh
Openbsd

29 Jan 2024, 20:00

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References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0006/ - () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0006/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 - Patch () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 - Product
References () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 - () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 - Patch () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 - Product

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16 Jan 2024, 17:15

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References
  • () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51767 -

04 Jan 2024, 19:18

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CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssh:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.0
References () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 - () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878 - Patch
References () https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545 - () https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545 - Technical Description
References () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 - () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77 - Patch
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767 - () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51767 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255850 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

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24 Dec 2023, 07:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-12-24 07:15

Updated : 2025-11-18 22:15


NVD link : CVE-2023-51767

Mitre link : CVE-2023-51767

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-51767


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Products Affected

openbsd

  • openssh

fedoraproject

  • fedora

redhat

  • enterprise_linux