CVE-2023-40459

Published: Dec 4, 2023

Modified: May 29, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

The ACEManager component of ALEOS 4.16 and earlier does not adequately 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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
SierraWireless	ALEOS	affected `4.10 - <= 4.16` affected `0 - <= 4.9.8`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2023-006/#sthash.6KUVtE6w.dpbs

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CVE-2023-40459

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References