SB2024020704 - Resource exhaustion in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: February 7, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024020704
Severity
Medium
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31418)
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 non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the application, cause an OutOfMemory error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.