Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Scale



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
CVE-ID CVE-2023-4091
CVE-2023-42669
CVE-2023-3961
CVE-2023-42670
CWE-ID CWE-264
CWE-399
CWE-285
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Storage Scale
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU81872

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4091

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to truncate read-only files.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the way SMB protocol implementation in Samba handles file operations. A remote user can request read-only access to files and then truncate them to 0 bytes by opening files with OVERWRITE disposition when using the acl_xattr Samba VFS module with the smb.conf setting "acl_xattr:ignore system acls = yes".

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Scale: before 5.1.9.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7118297


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.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU81871

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42669

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 inclusion of the "rpcecho" server into production build, which can call sleep() on AD DC. A remote user can request the server block using the "rpcecho" server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Scale: before 5.1.9.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7118297


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.

3) Improper Authorization

EUVDB-ID: #VU81875

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3961

CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling client pipe names. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted pipe name containing directory traversal characters and force Samba to connect to Unix domain sockets outside of the private directory meant to restrict the services a client could connect to.The connection to Unix domain sockets is performed as root, which means that if client sends a pipe name that resolved to an external service using an existing Unix domain socket, the client is able to connect to it without any filesystem restrictions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Scale: before 5.1.9.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7118297


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.

4) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU81867

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42670

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when Samba RPC server is under load, which can lead to incorrect start of servers not built for the AD DC. A remote user can cause a high load to Samba RPC server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Scale: before 5.1.9.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7118297


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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