#VU81722 Resource exhaustion in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-30991
Published: October 10, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81722
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-30991
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 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 send a specially crafted query to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.