CVE-2010-4593 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause denial of service via IP address exhaustion in IBM Lotus Mobile Connect by exploiting a reference count error.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-4593?
CVE-2010-4593 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Dec 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Connection Manager in IBM Lotus Mobile Connect before 6.1.4 does not properly maintain a certain reference count, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (IP address exhaustion) by making invalid attempts to establish sessions with the same VPN ID from multiple devices.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4593?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Lotus Mobile Connect.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4593?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4593 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-2010-4593 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4593 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gcr-hjqr-hp5g.