CVE-2016-0381 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 15 May 2016 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in IBM Cognos TM1 when the AdminGroups setting is empty.

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-2016-0381?

CVE-2016-0381 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 May 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.2 before FP5, when the host/pmhub/pm/admin AdminGroups setting is empty, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (configuration outage) via a non-empty value.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0381?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Cognos Tm1.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0381?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0381 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-2016-0381 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0381 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-58xx-8rq5-m2hh.