CVE-2010-3899 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition by triggering an infinite loop during web crawling.
- 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-2010-3899?
CVE-2010-3899 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Nov 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x performs web crawls with an unlimited recursion depth, which allows remote web servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted series of documents.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3899?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Omnifind.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3899?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3899 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-2010-3899 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3899 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jxjv-4m8c-326g.