CVE-2019-4338 Denial of service in Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
Attackers can exhaust system resources in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-4338?
CVE-2019-4338 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence, published on 20 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) does not properly restrict the size or amount of resources that are requested or influenced by an actor. This weakness can be used to consume more resources than intended. IBM X-Force ID: 161417.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4338?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence.
How do I fix CVE-2019-4338?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-4338 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4338 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
- CVE-2018-1372 Weak cryptography in Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
- CVE-2018-1377 Information disclosure in Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
- CVE-2019-4310 Security feature bypass in Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
- CVE-2018-1373 Security feature bypass in Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
- CVE-2019-4340 XML external entity in Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mjwp-jw2w-m5c4.