SB2023010608 - Improper privilege management in IBM MQ Appliance
Published: January 6, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023010608
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35513)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in the Linux kernel NFS (network file system) functionality in the way user create and delete object using NFSv4.2 or newer if both simultaneously accessing the NFS by the other process that is not using new NFSv4.2. A local user can trigger the vulnerability to starve the resources and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.