SB2025010310 - IBM Big SQL on IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for expressjs body-parser



SB2025010310 - IBM Big SQL on IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for expressjs body-parser

Published: January 3, 2025 Updated: September 5, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025010310
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45590)

CWE-ID: CWE-405 - Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a large number of requests when url encoding is enabled. A remote attacker can send multiple requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.