Resource exhaustion in IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU67948

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37734

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger send a specially crafted GraphQL query and consume available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Maximo Application Suite: before 8.8.5

Maximo Manage Application in IBM Maximo Application Suite: before 8.4.5

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6980853

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.