CVE-2022-38734 Denial of service in Denial of Service Vulnerability in StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
Attackers can crash the Local Distribution Router service in NetApp StorageGRID, causing a 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-2022-38734?
CVE-2022-38734 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Storagegrid, published on 2 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) versions prior to 11.6.0.8 are susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. A successful exploit could lead to to a crash of the Local Distribution Router (LDR) service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38734?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netapp Storagegrid.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38734?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38734 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-2022-38734 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38734 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-3xqx-95w6-xjv4.