Input validation error in protobuf-go - CVE-2023-24535

 

Input validation error in protobuf-go - CVE-2023-24535

Published: April 27, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75546
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-2023-24535
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. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted message consisting of a minus sign to cause panic and perform a denial of service attack.


Affected software

protobuf-go
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Operations Dashboard
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps

How to mitigate CVE-2023-24535

Install updates from vendor's website.

protobuf-go - update to 1.29.1
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 3.7.1
Operations Dashboard - update to 2022.2.1-10-lts

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