CVE-2010-4592 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by exhausting memory and crashing the daemon via repeated TCP connection attempts when HTTP Access Services is enabled.
- 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-2010-4592?
CVE-2010-4592 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Mobile Network Connections functionality in the Connection Manager in IBM Lotus Mobile Connect before 6.1.4, when HTTP Access Services (HTTP-AS) is enabled, does not properly handle failed attempts at establishing HTTP-TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) by making many TCP connection attempts.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4592?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Lotus Mobile Connect.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4592?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4592 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-2010-4592 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4592 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q23-65gx-4jw8.