Input validation error in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-50308

 

Input validation error in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-50308

Published: January 24, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85745
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50308
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability occurs when a statement is run on columnar tables. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM DB2 LUW
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM License Metric Tool
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Datacap
dashDB Local
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
Db2 Big SQL
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2023-50308

Install updates from vendor's website.

dashDB Local - update to 11.5.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - addressed in versions 2.3.4.1, 2.3.5.0
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.2
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.2
Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.6.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.22

External References

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