A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's DECnet networking protocol. This issue could allow a remote user to crash the system.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Public exploits 1
- TurtleARM/CVE-2023-3338-DECPwn PoC on GitHub
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.5 · linux, netapp, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 15
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3338 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218618 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q2/276 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3338 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218618 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q2/276 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html