Resource exhaustion in XML-RPC - CVE-2016-5004
Published: June 1, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76755
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5004
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
XML-RPC
IBM Observability with Instana
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI
Zoho ManageEngine OpManager
IBM Observability with Instana
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI
Zoho ManageEngine OpManager
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5004
Install updates from vendor's website.
XML-RPC - update to 3.1.4
IBM Observability with Instana - update to 1.0.299
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI - update to 8.1.0.41
Zoho ManageEngine OpManager - update to 12.7 127104
IBM Observability with Instana - update to 1.0.299
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI - update to 8.1.0.41
Zoho ManageEngine OpManager - update to 12.7 127104