Security Bulletin: Vulnerability with Kernel affect IBM Cloud Object Storage Systems (Jan 2024v1)

Summary

Vulnerability with Kernel - [CVE-2023-45871] This vulnerability has been addressed in the latest ClevOS releases

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45871
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the IGB driver in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268717 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Product(s)

| Version Number | Remediation/Fix
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IBM Cloud Object System | 3.18.0.40 | https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Cloud+Object+Storage+System&release=3.18.0.40&platform=All&function=all
IBM Cloud Object System | 3.18.1.45 | https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Cloud+Object+Storage+System&release=3.18.1.45&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None