CVE-2014-6199 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator via crafted HTTP requests exhausting connection slots.

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-2014-6199?

CVE-2014-6199 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published on 10 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HTTP Server Adapter in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.1 and 5.2.x and Sterling File Gateway 2.1 and 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection-slot exhaustion) via a crafted HTTP request.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6199?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, Ibm Sterling File Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2014-6199?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6199 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-2014-6199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g9j3-mxqf-7q34.

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