Resource management error in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-27555

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Resource management error in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-27555

Published: April 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75495
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27555
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when attempting to use ACR client affinity for unfenced DRDA federation wrappers. A local user can pass specially crafted data 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-2023-27555

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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