SB2023050247 - Denial of service in IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering 



SB2023050247 - Denial of service in IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering

Published: May 2, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023050247
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41881)

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.