CVE-2015-0142 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Authenticated users can trigger a denial of service by invoking System Administration Mode, causing maintenance transitions and data storage outages.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-0142?

CVE-2015-0142 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 6.2 before IF7, 6.2.1 before 6.2.1.1 IF5, 7.0 before FP4, and 7.1 before FP1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (maintenance-mode transition and data-storage outage) by calling the System Administration Mode function.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0142?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Openpages Grc Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0142?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0142 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-2015-0142 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4rvx-65mq-9375.

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