title: Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud, My Cloud Home and SanDisk ibi products
description: An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability issue that could arise by sending crafted requests to a service to consume a large amount of memory, eventually resulting in the service being stopped and restarted was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, SanDisk ibi and Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices. This issue requires the attacker to already have root privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability. This issue affects My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 9.5.1-104; ibi: before 9.5.1-104; My Cloud OS 5: before 5.27.161.
problem types: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
platforms: Linux
product: My Cloud OS 5
vendor: Western Digital
versions:
lessThan: 5.27.161, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: custom
}
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
platforms: Linux
product: My Cloud Home & Duo
vendor: Western Digital
versions:
lessThan: 9.5.1-104, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: custom
}
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
platforms: Linux
product: ibi
vendor: SanDisk
versions:
lessThan: 9.5.1-104, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 4.9
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: HIGH
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
solutions:
For My Cloud OS 5 devices, Western Digital recommends that users promptly update their devices to the latest firmware by clicking on the firmware update notification.
My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo and SanDisk ibi devices will be automatically updated to reflect the latest firmware version.