SB2025021702 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52581)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the nft_trans_gc_space() function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. A local user can force the system to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6409)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in portable version of sshd when handling signals. If a remote attacker does not authenticate within a set time period, then sshd's SIGALRM handler is called asynchronously. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a series of requests in order to trigger a race condition and execute arbitrary code on the system.

3) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6387)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in portable version of sshd. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a series of requests in order to trigger a race condition and execute arbitrary code on the system.

4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26892)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the mt792x_irq_handler() function in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_dma.c, within the mt7921_pci_remove() function in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/pci.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183378