IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights update for Kafka

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU67489

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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-2022-34917

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

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 non-authenticated attacker with ability to establish a network connection with the Apache Kafka broker can consume all available memory resources on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights: 1.3.6 - 1.3.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_operations_analytics_predictive_insights:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_operations_analytics_predictive_insights:1.3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_operations_analytics_predictive_insights:1.3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-kafka-vulnerability-affects-ibm-operations-analytics-predictive-insights-cve-2022-34917/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6842121

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.