What is CVE-2022-23159?

CVE-2022-23159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-23159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs

CVE-2022-23159

Dell PowerScale OneFS, 8.2.2 - 9.3.0.x, contain a missing release of memory after effective lifetime vulnerability. An authenticated user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH and/or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE and ISI_PRIV_AUTH_PROVIDERS privileges could exploit this vulnerability, leading to a Denial-Of-Service. This can also impact a cluster in Compliance mode. Dell recommends to update at the earliest opportunity.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Emc_powerscale_onefs
Dell Powerscale Onefs — versions 8.2.2 - 9.3.0.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

security_alert@emc.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23159?: CVE-2022-23159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-23159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.