Resource exhaustion in mdadm - CVE-2023-28938

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79481

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28938

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

mdadm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
mdadm-help
mdadm-debugsource
mdadm-debuginfo
mdadm

Install updates from vendor's website.

mdadm - update to 4.2
mdadm-help - addressed in versions 4.1 rc2.0.16, 4.1-11
mdadm-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.1 rc2.0.16, 4.1-11
mdadm-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.1 rc2.0.16, 4.1-11
mdadm - addressed in versions 4.1 rc2.0.16, 4.1-11
mdadm-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.1-4.29.1, 4.1-150300.24.33.1
mdadm - addressed in versions 4.1-4.29.1, 4.1-150300.24.33.1
mdadm-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.1-4.29.1, 4.1-150300.24.33.1

• http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00690.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Intel SSD Tools software
• SUSE update for mdadm
• SUSE update for mdadm
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP1 update for mdadm
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP3 update for mdadm
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for mdadm