Memory leak in aiohttp - CVE-2024-52303

 

Memory leak in aiohttp - CVE-2024-52303

Published: November 19, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100601
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52303
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak when a request produces a MatchInfoError. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Affected software

aiohttp
IBM Process Mining
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Data Analytics Function
Guardium Data Security Center (GDSC)
Oracle Communications Operations Monitor
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component

How to mitigate CVE-2024-52303

Install updates from vendor's website.

aiohttp - update to 3.10.11
IBM Process Mining - update to 2.0
Guardium Data Security Center (GDSC) - update to 3.8.5
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.8.0
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1

External References

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