Security Bulletin: IBM DataPower Gateway vulnerable to DoS due to use of nghttp2 (CVE-2024-28182)

2024-07-0915:27:56

www.ibm.com

ibm datapower gateway

http/2

denial of service

CVSS3

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

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Summary

nghttp2 is used by IBM DataPower Gateway in its HTTP/2 implementation in the front-side handler and for outgoing connections

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-28182
**DESCRIPTION:**nghttp2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory exhaustion flaw due to flood of CONTINUATION frames in the HTTP/2 protocol stack. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause excessive CPU usage, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286963 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5 CD	10.5.1.0 - 10.5.4.0
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0	10.5.0.0 - 10.5.0.11

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product	Fixed in version	APAR
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5 0	10.5.0.12	IT45955
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5 CD	10.6.0.0	IT45955

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

ibmdatapower_gatewayMatch10.5.0

ibmdatapower_gatewayMatch10.5

VendorProductVersionCPE
ibmdatapower_gateway10.5.0cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibmdatapower_gateway10.5cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
ibm	datapower_gateway	10.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:10.5.0:::::::*
ibm	datapower_gateway	10.5	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:10.5:::::::*