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
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4590
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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