IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) update for GNOME libsoup

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU100995

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52531

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when performing conversion to UTF-8. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC): 10.2.1030.0 - 10.3.1050.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:hmc:10.2.1030.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:hmc:10.3.1050.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7231388

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.