#VU81713 Resource exhaustion in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-40373
Published: October 9, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81713
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40373
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM DB2 LUW
IBM DB2 LUW
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
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 with a specially crafted query containing common table expressions.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.