Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Fusion and IBM Storage Fusion HCI may be vulnerable to denial of service and improper file download via http-cache-semantics, Gin-Gonic, and YAML (CVE-2022-25881, CVE-2023-2251, CVE-2023-29401)

Summary

IBM Storage Fusion and IBM Storage Fusion HCI, previously known as Spectrum Fusion and Spectrum Fusion HCI, may be vulnerable to denial of service via http-cache-semantics, denial of service via TypeScript’s yaml and improper file attachment download for Node.js’s http-cache-semantics as described by the CVEs in the “Vulnerability Details” section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-29401
**DESCRIPTION:**Gin-Gonic Gin Web Framework could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation by the filename parameter of the Context.FileAttachment function. By using a specially-crafted attachment file name, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the Content-Disposition header.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255449 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-25881
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js http-cache-semantics module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw. By sending a specially-crafted regex input using request header values, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246089 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-2251
**DESCRIPTION:**YAML is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncaught exception in the parseDocument and parseAllDocuments functions. By sending a specially crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253642 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Storage Fusion

• Upgrade to IBM Storage Fusion 2.6.1
• Link to fix: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7028202&gt;

IBM Storage Fusion HCI

• Upgrade to IBM Storage Fusion HCI 2.6.1
• Link to fix: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7028202&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None