SB2024042614 - Resource exhaustion in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: April 26, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024042614
Severity
Medium
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-2023-4785)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by initiating a significant number of connections with the server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.