VMware Tanzu products update for Bind

Published: 2023-12-04

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-3341 CVE-2023-4236
CWE-ID	CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Redis for Pivotal Platform Server applications / Database software VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs Server applications / Other server solutions Isolation Segment Server applications / Other server solutions VMware Tanzu Operations Manager Server applications / Virtualization software
Vendor	VMware, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU80931

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-2023-3341

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 when handling control channel messages . A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Redis for Pivotal Platform: All versions

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs: All versions

Isolation Segment: All versions

VMware Tanzu Operations Manager: before 3.0.17

External links

http://tanzu.vmware.com/security/usn-6390-1

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU80930