Input validation error in IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server - CVE-2023-30434

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Input validation error in IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server - CVE-2023-30434

Published: May 9, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-30434
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application to cause a kernel panic and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server
IBM Elastic Storage System

How to mitigate CVE-2023-30434

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server - addressed in versions 5.1.2.10, 5.1.7.0
IBM Elastic Storage System - addressed in versions 6.1.2.6, 6.1.6.1

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