Resource exhaustion in IBM SPSS Statistics



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-43855
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 SPSS Statistics
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87294

Risk: Low

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:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43855

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 create multiple files that could exhaust the file handles capacity and cause a denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SPSS Statistics: before 29.0.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7130881


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.



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