Resource exhaustion in IBM App Connect Enterprise and IBM Integration Bus

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU83006

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45176

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM App Connect Enterprise: 11.0.0.0 - 12.0.10.0

IBM Integration Bus: 10.1 - 10.1.0.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_app_connect_enterprise:11.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_app_connect_enterprise:11.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_app_connect_enterprise:11.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_integration_bus:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_integration_bus:10.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7051448

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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