CVE-2012-3330 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere Application Server proxy servers via crafted requests.

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-2012-3330?

CVE-2012-3330 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 14 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The proxy server in IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before 7.0.0.27, 8.0 before 8.0.0.5, and 8.5 before 8.5.0.1, and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted request.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3330?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3330?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3330 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-2012-3330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wj34-2mf5-qpx4.

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