CVE-2023-25942 Denial of service in PowerScale OneFS

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A malicious low-privilege network user can cause a denial of service in Dell PowerScale OneFS via SMB resource consumption.

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

What is CVE-2023-25942?

CVE-2023-25942 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs, published on 4 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.x-9.4.x contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A malicious network user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability in SMB, leading to a potential denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-664

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25942?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25942?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25942 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-2023-25942 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25942 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hmpm-mq94-9xm4.

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