Buffer overflow in IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU79327

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3618

CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer overflow in the Fax3Encode() function in libtiff/tif_fax3.c. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data: before 5.0.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_watson_discovery_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7166762

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.