CVE-2012-4855 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service leading to login outages in IBM WebSphere Commerce via unspecified vectors.

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-2012-4855?

CVE-2012-4855 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the web services framework in IBM WebSphere Commerce 6.0 through 6.0.0.11 and 7.0 through 7.0.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login outage) via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4855?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Commerce.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4855?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4855 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-2012-4855 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qf36-h9v8-48xq.

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