Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx.data



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2022-34917
CVE-2023-25194
CWE-ID CWE-400
CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software
 watsonx.data
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU67489

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-2022-34917

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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote non-authenticated attacker with ability to establish a network connection with the Apache Kafka broker can consume all available memory resources on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182794


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) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU72123

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25194

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Kafka Connect performs deserialization of data retrieved from the configured LDAP server in "com.sun.security.auth.module.JndiLoginModule". A remote user ability to create/modify connectors on the server with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config can configure the server to connect to a malicious LDAP server and execute arbitrary Java code on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182794


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. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.



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