IBM90659669D6A1F99558149B66022A844FEBC9D15F17B5B11BC80DB20E3AD734BCSecurity Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by a vulnerability in the libcurl package (CVE-2023-23916)
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.9%
Summary
This security vulnerability affects the libcurl package that is used by IBM Event Streams.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2023-23916
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the decompression chain implementation. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause memory errors, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247437 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM Event Streams | 10.0.0, 10.1.0, 10.2.0-eus, 10.2.1-eus, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.5.0, 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.3, 11.0.4, 11.1.0, 11.1.1, 11.1.2, 11.1.3, 11.1.4,11.1.5 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading
Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 11.1.6 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.9%