Input validation error in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-29255

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Input validation error in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-29255

Published: April 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75494
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-2023-29255
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when compiling a variation of an anonymous block. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM DB2
IBM License Metric Tool
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2023-29255

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.6 iFix 1
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager - addressed in versions 6.1.2.8, 6.2.0.6, 6.2.1.3, 6.2.2.1
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent - update to 8.1.19
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.21, 22.0.2.5

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