SB2023022829 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM FlashSystem products



SB2023022829 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM FlashSystem products

Published: February 28, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023022829
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11477)

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when handling TCP Selective Acknowledgments (SACKs) due to incorrect processing of TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs value in Linux kernel. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted network traffic to the affected system, trigger integer overflow and render the system unavailable.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11478)

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences within the Linux kernel TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted network traffic to the affected system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11479)

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

The vulnerability exists due to presence of hard-coded MSS value (48 bytes) in the Linux kernel source code. A remote attacker can fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.