Resource exhaustion in starlette - CVE-2023-30798
Published: May 1, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75607
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-2023-30798
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can specify any number of form fields or files which can cause excessive memory usage resulting in denial of service of the HTTP service.
Affected software
starlette
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
How to mitigate CVE-2023-30798
Install updates from vendor's website.
starlette - update to 0.25.0
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.5, 7.2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.21, 22.0.2.5
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.5, 7.2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.21, 22.0.2.5