CVE-2014-6092 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by exhausting web-service accounts through repeated failed login attempts due to missing lockout policies.
- 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-2014-6092?
CVE-2014-6092 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Curam Social Program Management (SPM) 5.2 before SP6 EP6, 6.0 SP2 before EP26, 6.0.4 before 6.0.4.6, and 6.0.5 before 6.0.5.6 requires failed-login handling for web-service accounts to have the same lockout policy as for standard user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web-service outage) by making many login attempts with a valid caseworker account name.
Weakness: CWE-17
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6092?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Curam Social Program Management.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6092?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6092 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-2014-6092 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6092 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m95x-wpv9-pr9r.