CVE-2023-38741: Security Bulletin: IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms Web Services is vulnerable to Slowloris attack which is a type of denial-of-service (DoS)

Summary

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms Web Services is vulnerable to Slowloris attack which is a type of denial-of-service (DoS). This issue has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2023-38741
DESCRIPTION: IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper enforcement of the timeout on individual read operations. By conducting a slowloris-type attacks, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262905 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)

Version(s)

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

8.1

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

8.2

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

9.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

Version

Platform

Remediation/Fix

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

8.1

Linux, AIX

Please follow the recommendations here

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

8.2

Linux, AIX, Windows, HP

Please follow the recommendations here

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

9.1

Linux, AIX

Please follow the recommendations here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

References

Off

Acknowledgement

Change History

11 Aug 2023: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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