Resource exhaustion in Storage Ceph - CVE-2023-46159

 

Resource exhaustion in Storage Ceph - CVE-2023-46159

Published: January 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85833
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46159
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Storage Ceph

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a user in adjacent network to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2023-46159

Install updates from vendor's website.

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