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VAR-202112-0517

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2024-08-14 13:04

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. Vendor exploits this vulnerability IBM X-Force ID: 211405 It is published as.Service operation interruption (DoS) It may be in a state. This product is a platform for JavaEE and Web service applications, as well as the foundation of the IBM WebSphere software platform. The vulnerability stems from the failure to properly handle the input error message

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CVE-2021-38951 (GCVE-0-2021-38951)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-09 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:47

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/S:U/PR:N/C:N/AC:L/I:N/A:H/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

CWE

Denial of Service

Assigner

ibm CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1278 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524674	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
IBM	WebSphere Application Server	Affected: 7.0 Affected: 8.0 Affected: 8.5 Affected: 9.0

Date Public

2021-12-08 00:00

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