CVE-2022-23163 Denial of service in PowerScale OneFS

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

A local malicious user can exploit a vulnerability in Dell PowerScale OneFS to cause denial of service and data unavailability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-23163?

CVE-2022-23163 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs, published on 12 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell PowerScale OneFS, 8.2,x, 9.1.0.x, 9.2.1.x, and 9.3.0.x contain a denial of service vulnerability. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service/data unavailability.

Weakness: CWE-668, CWE-379

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23163?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-23163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fp29-2p4f-jjcr.

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