CVE-2016-2935 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM BigFix Remote Control by sending invalid HTTP requests to the broker application.

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-2016-2935?

CVE-2016-2935 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The broker application in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invalid HTTP request.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2935?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Bigfix Remote Control.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2935?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2935 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-2016-2935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-88xq-2hcg-rf4f.

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