Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Network Manager

Published: 2024-03-22

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-52425 CVE-2023-52426
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-776
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Tivoli Network Manager (ITNM) Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86230

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-2023-52425

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 parsing large tokens. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Tivoli Network Manager (ITNM): before 4.2.0.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7144951

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.

2) XML Entity Expansion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86231