Google: sys-fs/mdadm: security update to 17872.0.0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 450523

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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)

Solution

Update the sys-fs/mdadm library and its related packages to version 17872.0.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450523

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28938

Detections

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