IBMCF195A010B463F05E94AD84DC01CFCB8A8553156EC0ABF09473447AD96B2C0C9Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to the Eclipse Vert.x component (CVE-2024-1300).
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Summary
IBM Event Streams is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to the Eclipse Vert.x component. Vert. x is a toolkit to build reactive microservices.It is used to create a highly scalable and performant event-driven architecture for managing Kafka clusters.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2024-1300
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Vert.x is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak when a TCP server is configured with TLS and SNI support. By sending a specially crafted TLS client hello message, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/282749 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 Event Streams | 11.3.0-11.3.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading
Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 11.4.0 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm | event_streams | * | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Related
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L