Resource management error in go-getter - CVE-2023-0475

 

Resource management error in go-getter - CVE-2023-0475

Published: May 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76005
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-2023-0475
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 improper management of internal resources within the application when processing archvies. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted archive to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

go-getter
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
OpenShift Security Profiles Operator
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps

How to mitigate CVE-2023-0475

Install updates from vendor's website.

go-getter - addressed in versions 1.7.0, 2.2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3.8
OpenShift Security Profiles Operator - update to 1.7.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.5.0

External References

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