Denial of service in IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU70118

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41881

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the HaProxyMessageDecoder when parsing a TLV with type of "PP2_TYPE_SSL". A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted message to consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering: 1.1.8.0 - 1.1.8.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_transparent_cloud_tiering:1.1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_transparent_cloud_tiering:1.1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_transparent_cloud_tiering:1.1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6987739

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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