Resource exhaustion in IBM Storage Ceph



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-46159
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Local network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Storage Ceph
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU85833

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [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 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Ceph: before 6.1z2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7109101


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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