Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC)



Published: 2024-04-18
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2023-28484
CVE-2023-29469
CWE-ID CWE-476
CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC)
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU74863

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28484

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC): before 10.3.1050.0 SP1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7148376


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU74862

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29469

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when working with hashes of empty dict strings. A remote attacker can and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC): before 10.3.1050.0 SP1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7148376


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker 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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