Resource exhaustion in Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) - CVE-2023-47150

 

Resource exhaustion in Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) - CVE-2023-47150

Published: March 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87799
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47150
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA)

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect data handling for certain types of AES operations. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-47150

Install updates from vendor's website.

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