CVE-2016-5992 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a denial of service in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct on Windows via unspecified vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5992?
CVE-2016-5992 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct 4.5.00, 4.5.01, 4.6.0 before 4.6.0.6 iFix008, and 4.7.0 before 4.7.0.4 on Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5992?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Sterling Connect\.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5992?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5992 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-2016-5992 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2023-32331 IBM Connect:Express for UNIX denial of service
- CVE-2020-4767 Memory corruption in Sterling Connect Direct for Microsoft Windows
- CVE-2025-36137 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX command execution
- CVE-2018-1903 Privilege escalation in Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX
- CVE-2023-29260 IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX server-side request forgery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwwr-2w57-v9q5.