Resource exhaustion in Consul and Consul Enterprise - CVE-2023-1297
Published: September 19, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80885
CSH Severity: High
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-2023-1297
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 trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Consul
Consul Enterprise
Gentoo Linux
app-admin/consul
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
Consul Enterprise
Gentoo Linux
app-admin/consul
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
How to mitigate CVE-2023-1297
Install updates from vendor's website.
Consul - addressed in versions 1.14.5, 1.15.3
Consul Enterprise - addressed in versions 1.14.5, 1.15.3
app-admin/consul - update to 1.15.10
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.1
Consul Enterprise - addressed in versions 1.14.5, 1.15.3
app-admin/consul - update to 1.15.10
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.1