Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in RabbitMQ Java Client affects IBM watsonx.data

Summary

RabbitMQ Java Client is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by no message size limit in maxBodyLebgth. By sending a specially crafted message, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a memory overflow, and results in a denial of service condition. This can affect watsonx.data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-46120
**DESCRIPTION:**RabbitMQ Java Client is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by no message size limit in maxBodyLebgth. By sending a specially crafted message, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a memory overflow, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269738 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The product needs to be installed or upgraded to the latest available level watsonx.data 2.0.3 or watsonx.data on CPD 5.0.3. Installation/upgrade instructions can be found here: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=deployment-installing.&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None