Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-45663

 

Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-45663

Published: February 25, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU104172
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45663
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 control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion 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-2024-45663

Install updates from vendor's website.

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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