Resource exhaustion in IBM DevOps Deploy / IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-52428
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 DevOps Deploy
Other software / Other software solutions

UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87615

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-2023-52428

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 improper validation of user requests by the PasswordBasedDecrypter (PBKDF2) component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request using a large JWE p2c header, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

DevOps Deploy: before 8.0.1.1

UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy: before 7.1.2.18, 7.2.3.11, 7.3.2.6, 7.1.2.18, 7.1.2.18

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7153877


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.



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