Infinite loop in node-jose - CVE-2023-25653
Published: May 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76239
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-2023-25653
CWE-ID: CWE-835
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 a possible infinite loop in an internal calculation when using the non-default "fallback" crypto back-end. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Affected software
node-jose
IBM Security Verify Information Queue
IBM Maximo Application Suite
IBM Security Verify Information Queue
IBM Maximo Application Suite
How to mitigate CVE-2023-25653
Install updates from vendor's website.
node-jose - update to 2.2.0
IBM Security Verify Information Queue - update to 10.0.5
IBM Maximo Application Suite - addressed in versions 8.9.6, 8.10.4
IBM Security Verify Information Queue - update to 10.0.5
IBM Maximo Application Suite - addressed in versions 8.9.6, 8.10.4