SB2023040642 - Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data



SB2023040642 - Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: April 6, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023040642
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41717)

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

The vulnerability exists due to excessive memory growth when handling HTTP/2 server requests. HTTP/2 server connections contain a cache of HTTP header keys sent by the client. While the total number of entries in this cache is capped, an attacker sending very large keys can cause the server to allocate approximately 64 MiB per open connection.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.