IBM General Parallel File System 'setuid' Commands Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:65297

Info

IBM General Parallel File System 'setuid' Commands Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 65297
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2014-0834
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 31 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 31 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Florian Grunow, ERNW GmbH
Vulnerable: IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0
IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.4.0
Not Vulnerable: IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.16
IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.4.0.27

Discussion

IBM General Parallel File System 'setuid' Commands Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

IBM General Parallel File System is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the GPFS daemon to crash leading to denial-of-service condition.

IBM General Parallel File System 3.4.0, and 3.5.0 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

IBM General Parallel File System 'setuid' Commands Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

IBM General Parallel File System 'setuid' Commands Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

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