Memory leak in IBM Event Streams



Published: 2024-08-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-1023
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Event Streams
Client/Desktop applications / Other client software

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU88189

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1023

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak when using Netty FastThreadLocal data structures. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Event Streams: before 11.4.0

CPE2.3
External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7165822


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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