Resource exhaustion in IBM Java SDK - CVE-2023-38264

 

Resource exhaustion in IBM Java SDK - CVE-2023-38264

Published: May 10, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89343
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38264
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Java SDK

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-38264

Install updates from vendor's website.

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