Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-31882

 

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-31882

Published: October 14, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98436
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-2024-31882
CWE-ID: CWE-74
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 server may crash when using a specially crafted SQL statement by an authenticated user. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM DB2 LUW
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Db2 Big SQL
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2024-31882

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.4.1
Db2 Big SQL - addressed in versions 7.6.8, 7.7.3
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.25
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.2.0.4

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