SB2022010631 - Denial of service in IBM WebSphere Application Server



SB2022010631 - Denial of service in IBM WebSphere Application Server

Published: January 6, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022010631
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38951)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the web server, consume all available CPU resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.