IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture up to 7.5.36 AES resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture up to 7.5.36. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component AES. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-47150. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture up to 7.5.36. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component AES. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) 7.0.0 through 7.5.36 could allow a remote user to cause a denial of service due to incorrect data handling for certain types of AES operations. IBM X-Force ID: 270602.

The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-47150 since 10/31/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (270602) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-51285). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Common Cryptographic Architecture

Version

• 7.5.0
• 7.5.1
• 7.5.2
• 7.5.3
• 7.5.4
• 7.5.5
• 7.5.6
• 7.5.7
• 7.5.8
• 7.5.9
• 7.5.10
• 7.5.11
• 7.5.12
• 7.5.13
• 7.5.14
• 7.5.15
• 7.5.16
• 7.5.17
• 7.5.18
• 7.5.19
• 7.5.20
• 7.5.21
• 7.5.22
• 7.5.23
• 7.5.24
• 7.5.25
• 7.5.26
• 7.5.27
• 7.5.28
• 7.5.29
• 7.5.30
• 7.5.31
• 7.5.32
• 7.5.33
• 7.5.34
• 7.5.35
• 7.5.36

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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