Vulnerability · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2022-43869IBM Spectrum Scale denial of service
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Elastic Storage System from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM Spectrum Scale (5.1.0.0 through 5.1.2.8 and 5.1.3.0 through 5.1.5.1) and IBM Elastic Storage System (6.1.0.0 through 6.1.2.4 and 6.1.3.0 through 6.1.4.1) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service through the GUI using a format string attack. IBM X-Force ID: 239539.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Elastic Storage System | 6.1.0.0 – before 6.1.2.4 |
| IBM | Spectrum Scale | 5.1.0.0 – before 5.1.2.85.1.3.0 – before 5.1.5.1 |
Weakness: CWE-134 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6909469 vendor-advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6909465 vendor-advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239539 vdb-entry