CVE-2024-38316 IBM Aspera Shares Denial of Service
An authenticated user can cause a denial of service by flooding the system with emails due to missing rate limits in IBM Aspera Shares.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38316?
CVE-2024-38316 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Aspera Shares, published on 5 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Aspera Shares 1.9.0 through 1.10.0 PL6 does not properly rate limit the frequency that an authenticated user can send emails, which could result in email flooding or a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38316?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aspera Shares.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38316?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38316 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-2024-38316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Shares
Sources
Also known as GHSA-44w2-c6gq-2xxx.