Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Common Licensing

Published: 2024-08-27

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-25710 CVE-2024-26308
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Common Licensing Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU86624

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-2024-25710

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing a corrupt DUMP file. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Common Licensing: before 9.0.0.1

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_common_licensing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7161946

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.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86625