What is CVE-2023-38741?

CVE-2023-38741 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Txseries For Multiplatforms, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-38741?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Ibm Txseries For Multiplatforms

CVE-2023-38741

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 8.1, 8.2, and 9.1 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 t…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.001 (30.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Txseries For Multiplatforms — versions 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7025476 (vendor-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262905 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38741?: CVE-2023-38741 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Txseries For Multiplatforms, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-38741?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.