Security Bulletin: systemd vulnerability may affect IBM Elastic Storage System (CVE-2021-4203)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in systemd, used by IBM Elastic Storage System, which could allow a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-2526
**DESCRIPTION:**systemd could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw due to the on_stream_io() function and dns_stream_complete() function in “resolved-dns-stream.c” not incrementing the reference counting for the DnsStream object. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235161 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM Elastic Storage System 3000, 3200, 3500 and 5000 to the following code levels or higher:

V6.1.2.5 or higher

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.1.0&platform=All&function=all

V6.1.5.0 or higher

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.1.5&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None