Resource exhaustion in IBM App Connect Enterprise and IBM Integration Bus
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-5632 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
IBM App Connect Enterprise Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers IBM Integration Bus Server applications / Other server solutions |
| Vendor | IBM Corporation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU83385
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-2023-5632
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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 resource exhaustion by establishing a connection to the mosquitto server without sending data, cause the EPOLLOUT event to be added, which results excessive CPU consumption.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsIBM App Connect Enterprise: before 12.0.10.1
IBM Integration Bus: before 10.1.0.2
External linkshttp://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7076398
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.
