SB2023101015 - Resource exhaustion in IBM Db2
Published: October 10, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023101015
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38720)
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 send a specially crafted ALTER TABLE statement, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.