CVE-2010-0776 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere Application Server by sending a GET request with malformed chunked transfer encoding.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-0776?
CVE-2010-0776 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 17 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Web Container in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0 before 6.0.2.43, 6.1 before 6.1.0.31, and 7.0 before 7.0.0.11 does not properly handle chunked transfer encoding during a call to response.sendRedirect, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a GET request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0776?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0776?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0776 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0776 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqx8-cxgc-96jv.