CVE-2019-4720 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM Websphere Application Server

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling3 documents3 sources

Severity

7.5HIGHNVD

EPSS

0.5%

top 33.81%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

IBM Websphere Application Server

Timeline

PublishedJan 31

Latest updateMay 24

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available memory. IBM X-Force ID: 172125.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDibm/websphere_application_server7.0.0.0 — 7.0.0.45+4

▶CVEListV5ibm/websphere_application_server4 versions+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-98gw-vm9q-rvgg: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

CVE-2019-4720: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7↗2020-01-31

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