Denial of service in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management services

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU54910

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31525

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when processing HTTP headers. A remote attacker can send a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management: All versions

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-in-golang-go-affects-ibm-cloud-pak-for-multicloud-management-managed-services/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6475303

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.