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OESA-2023-1648 (CVE-2023-28938)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-09-15 11:06 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:06 – Source website

Summary

mdadm security update

Details

mdadm is a tool for managing Linux Software RAID arrays. It can create, assemble, report on, and monitor arrays. It can also move spares between raid arrays when needed.

Security Fix(es):

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a priviledged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.(CVE-2023-28938)

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28938	ADVISORY

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          "mdadm-4.1-rc2.0.16.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-rc2.0.16.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "mdadm-debugsource-4.1-rc2.0.16.oe1.aarch64.rpm"
        ],
        "noarch": [
          "mdadm-help-4.1-rc2.0.16.oe1.noarch.rpm"
        ],
        "src": [
          "mdadm-4.1-rc2.0.16.oe1.src.rpm"
        ],
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          "mdadm-debugsource-4.1-rc2.0.16.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-rc2.0.16.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
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        "ecosystem": "openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3",
        "name": "mdadm",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/mdadm\u0026distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP3"
      },
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  },
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  "id": "OESA-2023-1648",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:06:05Z",
  "published": "2023-09-15T11:06:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1648"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    }
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "mdadm security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-28938"
  ]
}

CVE-2023-28938 (GCVE-0-2023-28938)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-11 02:36 – Updated: 2024-10-02 14:28

Summary

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a priviledged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Severity

3.4 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-02 14:23 UTC

CWE

denial of service
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled resource consumption

Assigner

intel mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-c…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Intel(R) SSD Tools software	Affected: before version mdadm-4.2-rc2

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