Resource exhaustion in IBM Aspera Faspex for Linux - CVE-2023-27279
Published: April 19, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88844
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-2023-27279
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 exists due to missing API rate limiting. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
IBM Aspera Faspex for Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2023-27279
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM Aspera Faspex for Linux - update to 5.0.8