SB2024042524 - Resource exhaustion in IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data



SB2024042524 - Resource exhaustion in IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: April 25, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024042524
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23672)

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 attacker can keep WebSocket connections open for a long time to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.