CVE-2011-1317 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by sending many JSP requests triggering large responses in IBM WebSphere Application Server.
- 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-2011-1317?
CVE-2011-1317 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 8 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.WASJSPStrBufferImpl in the JavaServer Pages (JSP) component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.0.x before 6.1.0.37 and 7.x before 7.0.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many JSP requests that trigger large responses.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1317?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1317?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1317 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-2011-1317 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1317 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9w4-w4p4-hp9h.