CVE-2021-38951 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in IBM Websphere Application Server

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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IBM Websphere Application Server
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateDec 10

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 CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 211405.

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

▶CVEListV5ibm/websphere_application_server4 versions+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g3vr-f28g-hxqc: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7↗2021-12-10
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CVEList
CVE-2021-38951: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7↗2021-12-09
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