Security Bulletin: TSSC/IMC is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to ncruses (CVE-2023-29491)

Summary

TSSC/IMC is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to ncruses (CVE-2023-29491). A patch has been provided that updates the Dmidecode library.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-29491
**DESCRIPTION:**ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory corruption flaw when used by a setuid application. By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253259 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to 9.4.26/9.5.8

Download patch and execute on TSSC/IMC system

Total Storage Service Console (TSSC) / TS4500 IMC| 9.4.21|

Upgrade to 9.4.26/9.5.8

Download patch and execute on TSSC/IMC system

Total Storage Service Console (TSSC) / TS4500 IMC| 9.4.26| Download patch and execute on TSSC/IMC system
Total Storage Service Console (TSSC) / TS4500 IMC| 9.5.8| Download patch and execute on TSSC/IMC system

Workarounds and Mitigations

None