Resource exhaustion in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - CVE-2020-4590

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Resource exhaustion in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - CVE-2020-4590

Published: May 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75654
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4590
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights

How to mitigate CVE-2020-4590

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - update to 20.0.0.10
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights - addressed in versions 1.1.3.2, 1.1.4.3, 1.1.5.2

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