IBM Watson CP4D Data Stores update for Elasticsearch



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-37280
CWE-ID CWE-248
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Watson CP4D Data Stores
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Uncaught exception

EUVDB-ID: #VU91270

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37280

CWE-ID: CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an uncaught exception affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Watson CP4D Data Stores: before 5.0.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7171980


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user 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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