Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in fugit gem affects IBM License Metric Tool (CVE-2024-43380).

Summary

There is a vulnerability in one of the Ruby gems used by IBM License Metric Tool.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-43380
**DESCRIPTION:**floraison fugit is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the natural parser. By sending a specially crafted request, 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/351731 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

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest ILMT Server version 9.2.37 or later using the following procedure:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/license-metric-tool?topic=tool-upgrading-latest-version&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None