Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by a vulnerability in the libcurl package (CVE-2023-23916)

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

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