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CVE-2023-6246

CVE-2023-6246: 2 tracked advisory records across NetApp, Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.

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NetApp

1 advisory
  • Advisory severityHigh7.8

    High [CVE-2023-6246] GNU C Library (glibc) Vulnerability in NetApp Products

    NTAP-20240216-0007Source published Source updated

    Multiple NetApp products incorporate GNU C. GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.36 prior to 2.39 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). Affected products: NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C, NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS). NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.

    Affected products in this advisory
    • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
    • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
    • NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
    Source-reported affected versions
    • 2.36
    • 2.39
    Source-reported fixed versions
    No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
    Mitigation guidance
    • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S has no planned fix; migrate to a supported release or product and consult NetApp's end-of-support notice.
    • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C has no planned fix; migrate to a supported release or product and consult NetApp's end-of-support notice.
    • NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS) has no planned fix; migrate to a supported release or product and consult NetApp's end-of-support notice.

Red Hat

1 advisory
  • Advisory severityHigh8.4

    High [CVE-2023-6246] heap-based buffer overflow in __vsyslog_internal

    CVE-2023-6246Source published Source updated

    A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the __vsyslog_internal function of the glibc library. This function is called by the syslog and vsyslog functions. This issue occurs when the openlog function was not called, or called with the ident argument set to NULL, and the program name (the basename of argv[0]) is bigger than 1024 bytes, resulting in an application crash or local privilege escalation. This issue affects glibc 2.36 and newer. The glibc package, as shipped with Red Hat products, is not affected by this vulnerability because this issue was introduced in glibc 2.36, this glibc version is not used by any Red Hat product. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 8.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-122. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat…

    Affected products in this advisory
    No product details extracted. Check the source bulletin.
    Source-reported affected versions
    • 2.36
    Source-reported fixed versions
    No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
    Mitigation guidance
    No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.

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