Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-31881

 

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-31881

Published: July 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94727
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-2024-31881
CWE-ID: CWE-770
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM DB2 LUW
IBM License Metric Tool
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Db2 Big SQL
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Datacap
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2024-31881

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM DB2 LUW - addressed in versions 10.5 FP11, 11.1.4 FP7, 11.5.0, 11.5.8, 11.5.9
Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.6.8
IBM Cloud Pak System - addressed in versions 2.3.4.1, 2.3.5.0
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager - update to 6.2.0.5.5
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.24
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 24.0.0-IF004, 24.0.1-IF001

External References

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