# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m95x-wpv9-pr9r

## 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: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2016-6111](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6111/): XML external entity in Cram Social Program Management (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-8903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8903/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-4779](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4779/): Auth bypass in Curam SPM (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-4772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4772/): XML external entity in Curam SPM (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2018-1654](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1654/): Open redirect in Curam Social Program Management (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-6092 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6092 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-2014-6092/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6092/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6092
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6092
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-6092

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