CVE-2023-23689 Denial of service in PowerScale OneFS
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by impairing hardware management and triggering data protection mechanisms in Dell PowerScale nodes.
- 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-2023-23689?
CVE-2023-23689 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell PowerScale OneFS, published on 28 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell PowerScale nodes A200, A2000, H400, H500, H600, H5600, F800, F810 integrated hardware management software contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. This may allow an unauthenticated network host to impair built-in hardware management functionality and trigger OneFS data protection mechanism causing a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23689?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Dell A2000 Firmware, Dell A200 Firmware, Dell F800 Firmware, Dell F810 Firmware, Dell H400 Firmware, Dell H500 Firmware and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-23689?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23689 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-2023-23689 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rq7-6h4w-w3xv.