Resource exhaustion in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-38719
Published: October 9, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81712
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38719
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 during database deactivation on DPF.
Affected software
IBM DB2
IBM License Metric Tool
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
Db2 Big SQL
dashDB Local
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM License Metric Tool
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
Db2 Big SQL
dashDB Local
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Pak System
How to mitigate CVE-2023-38719
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM DB2 - update to 11.5.8
Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.6
dashDB Local - update to 11.5.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - addressed in versions 2.3.4.1, 2.3.5.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.21
Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.6
dashDB Local - update to 11.5.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - addressed in versions 2.3.4.1, 2.3.5.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.21
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Resource exhaustion in IBM Db2
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Remote Server
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM License Metric Tool
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Intelligent Operations Center
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Db2 shipped with IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Server
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM dashDB Local
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Big SQL on IBM Cloud Pak for Data