CVE-2020-5383 Memory corruption in Isilon OneFS

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit a buffer overflow in the Likewise component to cause a process restart, resulting in denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-5383?

CVE-2020-5383 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs, published on 27 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell EMC Isilon OneFS version 8.2.2 and Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Likewise component. A remote unauthenticated malicious attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause a process restart.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5383?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Dell Emc Isilon, Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5383?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5383 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-5383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3w9g-v5jv-vm58.

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