Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-25942

Medium

Published: 04 April 2023

Published
04 April 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0056 68.8th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-25942 is a medium-severity Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime (CWE-664) vulnerability in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.x-9.4.x contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A malicious network user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability in SMB, leading to a potential denial of service.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dell
emc powerscale onefs
9.5.0.0 · 9.1.0.0 — 9.1.0.28 · 9.2.1.0 — 9.2.1.22 · 9.4.0.0 — 9.4.0.13

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-664

Requires a managed development lifecycle process with integrity controls on changes, improving control of resources throughout their lifetime.

addresses: CWE-664

Requires designing resource lifetime controls that anticipate, withstand, and recover from stresses or attacks, mitigating improper resource control.

addresses: CWE-664

Directly enforces limited resource lifetime by requiring initiation from a known state and explicit termination, shrinking the window any long-lived resource weakness can be exploited.

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