Resource management error in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2014-0949

 

Resource management error in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2014-0949

Published: May 22, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41633
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0949
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 service disruption.

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.1 CF12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a crafted web request.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-0949

Install update from vendor's website.

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