# CVE-2013-2968: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in IBM Sterling Control Center by uploading a large file without end-of-line characters.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-93p9-f9cv-7qvf

## What is CVE-2013-2968?

CVE-2013-2968 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jun 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An unspecified buffer-read method in IBM Sterling Control Center (SCC) 5.2 before 5.2.0.9, 5.3 before 5.3.0.4, and 5.4 through 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large file that lacks end-of-line characters.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2968?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling Control Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2968?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2968 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-2968 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-42007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42007/): IBM Sterling Control Center cross-site scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-35894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35894/): IBM Control Center HOST header injection (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-35020](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35020/): IBM Sterling Control Center directory traversal (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-43035](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43035/): IBM Sterling Control Center information disclosure (medium 4.0)
- [CVE-2014-0925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0925/): Open redirect in n/a (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2968 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2968 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jun 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2968/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2968
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2968
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2968

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