CVE-2024-27268 (GCVE-0-2024-27268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-04 17:26 – Updated: 2024-08-02 00:27
VLAI
Title
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty denial of service
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 24.0.0.4 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 memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 284574.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Affected: 18.0.0.2 , ≤ 24.0.0.4 (semver)
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