CVE-2016-9740 (GCVE-0-2016-9740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-07 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:59
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Summary
IBM QRadar 7.2 could allow a remote attacker to consume all resources on the server due to not properly restricting the size or amount of resources requested by an actor. IBM Reference #: 1999556.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation QRadar SIEM Affected: 7.1 MR1
Affected: 7.1
Affected: 7.0
Affected: 7.2
Affected: 7.1 MR2
Affected: 7
Affected: 7.2.3
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Date Public
2017-02-28 00:00
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