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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4rvx-65mq-9375

## 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: 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.

## Is CVE-2015-0142 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-1300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1300/): Cross-site request forgery in OpenPages GRC Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-0145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0145/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-35151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35151/): IBM OpenPages information disclosure (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2011-1381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1381/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2017-1679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1679/): Information disclosure in OpenPages GRC Platform (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0142 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0142 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-2015-0142/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0142/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0142
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0142
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0142

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