#VU59281 Resource exhaustion in IBM WebSphere Application Server - CVE-2021-38951

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#VU59281 Resource exhaustion in IBM WebSphere Application Server - CVE-2021-38951

Published: January 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59281
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38951
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM WebSphere Application Server
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

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 send a specially crafted request to the web server, consume all available CPU resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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