Resource management error in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2015-1943

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Resource management error in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2015-1943

Published: September 15, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40650
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1943
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
WebSphere Portal

Detailed vulnerability description

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

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.x through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5.x through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0.x through 7.0.0.2 CF29, 8.0.x before 8.0.0.1 CF17, and 8.5.0 before CF06 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted request.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-1943

Install update from vendor's website.

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