CVE-2023-33832

IBM Storage Protect denial of service

Severity Score

4.7

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.17.0 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to due to improper time-of-check to time-of-use functionality. IBM X-Force ID: 256012.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-23 CVE Reserved
2023-07-19 CVE Published
2024-10-21 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7011761	2023-07-27

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256012	2023-07-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Spectrum Protect Client Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect Client"	>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect Client" and version " >= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0"	-	Affected	in	Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"	-	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Spectrum Protect Client Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect Client"	>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect Client" and version " >= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Spectrum Protect For Space Management Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Space Management"	>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Space Management" and version " >= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0"	-	Affected	in	Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"	-	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Spectrum Protect For Space Management Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Space Management"	>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Space Management" and version " >= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments"	>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments" and version " >= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0"	-	Affected	in	Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"	-	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments"	>= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments" and version " >= 8.1.0.0 <= 8.1.17.0"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe