CVE-2014-0949 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere Portal via crafted web requests, leading to resource consumption and daemon crashes.
- 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-2014-0949?
CVE-2014-0949 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, published on 22 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.1 CF12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a crafted web request.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0949?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0949?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0949 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-2014-0949 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0949 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Portal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vr8r-9qgp-5xfv.