Resource management error in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-27555
Published: April 25, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75495
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27555
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DB2
IBM DB2
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-27555
Install updates from vendor's website.