Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2025-3050

 

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2025-3050

Published: June 3, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110179
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-2025-3050
CWE-ID: CWE-770
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 improper allocation of CPU 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
Db2 Big SQL
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-3050

Install updates from vendor's website.

Db2 Big SQL - update to 8.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.27.100

External References

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