SB2024050806 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Scale



SB2024050806 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Scale

Published: May 8, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024050806
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 75% Low 25%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18214)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to resource exhaustion. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted data string and cause the service to crash.

2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24785)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the npm version of Moment.js. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.


3) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4055)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the "moment.duration()" function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input and cause regular expression denial of service via a long string.


4) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31129)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input when parsing overly long strings. A remote attacker can pass a string that contains more that 10k characters and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.