Memory leak in IBM Hardware Management Console



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-1012
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 IBM Hardware Management Console
Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU64079

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1012

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient randomization in the net/ipv4/tcp.c when calculating port offsets in Linux kernel cause by small table perturb size. A remote attacker can cause memory leak and gain access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Hardware Management Console: before 9.2.950.0 SP3 ppc

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6840319


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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