Reliance on Reverse DNS Resolution for a Security-Critical Action in IBM Observability with Instana - CVE-2023-37404

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Reliance on Reverse DNS Resolution for a Security-Critical Action in IBM Observability with Instana - CVE-2023-37404

Published: February 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86779
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37404
CWE-ID: CWE-350
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Observability with Instana

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to reliance on reverse DNS resolution for a security-critical action. A remote unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code on the host after a successful DNS poisoning attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-37404

Install updates from vendor's website.

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