Denial of service in IBM Elastic Storage System GUI



Published: 2023-02-01
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-43869
CWE-ID CWE-134
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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IBM Elastic Storage System
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Format string error

EUVDB-ID: #VU71739

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43869

CWE-ID: CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a format string error. A remote user can supply a specially crafted input to the application GUI and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Elastic Storage System: 6.1.0 - 6.1.4.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6909469


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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