Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-37071

 

Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-37071

Published: February 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU104120
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37071
CWE-ID: CWE-789
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly allocate memory. A remote user can trigger uncontrolled memory allocation and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM DB2 LUW
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Security Verify Governance - Containerized Identity Manager
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
Datacap
Db2 Big SQL

How to mitigate CVE-2024-37071

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM DB2 LUW - addressed in versions 10.5 FP11, 11.1.4 FP7, 11.5.9
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.6.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
Db2 Big SQL - update to 8.2

External References

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