Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Ceph is vulnerable to Use After Free in the RHEL UBI (CVE-2024-25062, CVE-2023-39615, CVE-2023-45322)

Summary

RHEL UBI is used by IBM Storage Ceph as the base operating system. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability in the RHEL UBI. CVE-2024-25062, CVE-2023-39615, CVE-2023-45322.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25062
**DESCRIPTION:**GNOME libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the xmlValidatePopElement() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-39615
**DESCRIPTION:**Xmlsoft Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a global buffer overflow in the xmlSAX2StartElement() function at /libxml2/SAX2.c. By supplying a crafted XML file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264758 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-2023-45322
**DESCRIPTION:**GNOME libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Note: The vendor disputes this vulnerability.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268020 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Download the latest version of IBM Storage Ceph and upgrade to 7.1 or later by following instructions.

<https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/storage/ceph/&gt;
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-ceph/7?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None