SB2024081333 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

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SB2024081333 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: August 13, 2024 Updated: August 23, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024081333
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50868)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing DNSSEC related records. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by forcing the DNS server to query a specially crafted DNSSEC zone and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5517)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when querying RFC 1918 reverse zones. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DNS query and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References