Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering is affected by a vulnerability which can cause denial of service (CVE-2022-41881)

Summary

A vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-41881
**DESCRIPTION:**Netty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a StackOverflowError in HAProxyMessageDecoder. By sending a specially-crafted message, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite recursion, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242087 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.8.0 through 1.1.8.4, apply Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.8.5 bundled with IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.6.1 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.6&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None