#VU84374 Resource exhaustion in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-40687

 

#VU84374 Resource exhaustion in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-40687

Published: December 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84374
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-2023-40687
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM DB2 LUW
Software vendor:
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 RUNSTATS command on an 8TB table and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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