Denial of service in IBM DataPower Gateway - CVE-2018-1652
Published: December 11, 2018 / Updated: December 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16642
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1652
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DataPower Gateway
IBM DataPower Gateway
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local unprivileged attacker to cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A local attacker can cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1652
Install update from vendor's website:
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.1.0.20 | IT21445 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.2.0.17 | IT21445 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.5.0.11 | IT21445 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.5.1.10 | IT21445 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.5.2.10 | IT21445 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.6.0.3 | IT21445 | Install the fix pack. |