SB2023111726 - Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in IBM Watson Assistant For IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: November 17, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023111726
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3603)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to missing allocation check in sftp server processing read requests. A remote user can request up to 4GB SFTP reads, causing allocation of up to 4GB buffers, which was not being checked for failure, and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.