Resource exhaustion in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU107495

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22491

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not restrict writing to the local filesystem, which may result in exhausting the available storage in a Pod, resulting in that Pod being restarted. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container: 7.1 - 12.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:app_connect_enterprise_certified_container:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:app_connect_enterprise_certified_container:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:app_connect_enterprise_certified_container:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7180500

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.