Title: CVE-2024-6655 GTK Vulnerability in StarWind Products

Note: StarWind will continue to update this vulnerability as new information becomes available.

Vulnerability ID: SW-20240717-0002

Version: 2.0

Date: 2024-07-17

Status: Final

CVEs: CVE-2024-6655

  • Overview
  • Affected Products
  • Remediation
  • Revision History

Summary

It was discovered that GTK would attempt to load modules from the current directory, contrary to expectations.

Impact

If users started GTK applications from shared directories, a local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code, and possibly escalate privileges.

Vulnerability Scoring

CVE CVSS 3.x Score Vector CVSS 4.0 Score Vector
CVE-2024-6655 7.0 (HIGH) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H N/A N/A

 

References

Resource Hyperlink Additional Resource Hyperlink
NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6655 RedHat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6655

 

Affected Products: 

StarWind VSAN CVM Version 20240530 Version V8 (build 15469)

Software Versions and Fixes

Fixed in StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) CVM Version 20240822 Version V8 (build 15554)

Workaround

Update to StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) CVM Version 20240822 Version V8 (build 15554) or higher

Obtaining Software Fixes 

Software updates will be available in StarWind release notes – https://www.starwindsoftware.com/release-notes-build. To update the software, perform the steps described at the following link  – https://knowledgebase.starwindsoftware.com/guidance/upgrading-from-any-starwind-version-to-any-starwind-version/ or contact support to perform an update. You can submit a support request using the following link https://www.starwindsoftware.com/support-form or contact Support directly via email support@starwind.com or via phone +1 617 829 4499.

Status of Notice

Final

StarWind will continue to update information regarding this vulnerability as new details become available. This vulnerability article should be considered as the single source of current, up-to-date, authorized and accurate information posted by StarWind Software.

Revision History 

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 2024-07-17 Initial Public Release
2.0 2024-08-28 Added remediation steps. Final status