CVE-2014-0859 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the WebSphere web-server daemon via unspecified vectors when POST retries are enabled, causing denial of service.

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-2014-0859?

CVE-2014-0859 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 1 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The web-server plugin in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.x before 7.0.0.33, 8.x before 8.0.0.9, and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.2, when POST retries are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0859?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0859?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0859 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-2014-0859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vgwp-x4rp-775q.

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