# CVE-2016-8951: Denial of service in Emptoris Strategic Supply Management

> Attackers can cause denial of service by logging out users and flooding accounts with emails via authentication flaws in IBM Emptoris.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jul 2017
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3229-8998-2fxw

## What is CVE-2016-8951?

CVE-2016-8951 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management, published on 13 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform 10.0.0.x through 10.1.1.x is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the authentication features that could log out users and flood user accounts with emails. IBM X-Force ID: 118838.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8951?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Emptoris Strategic Supply Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8951?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8951 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8951 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8951 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management

- [CVE-2017-1097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1097/): Cross-site request forgery in Emptoris Strategic Supply Management (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-4895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4895/): Cross-site scripting in Emptoris Sourcing (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2017-1190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1190/): Code injection in Emptoris Strategic Supply Management (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2020-4893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4893/): Information disclosure in Emptoris Strategic Supply Management (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2020-4898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4898/): Weak cryptography in Emptoris Strategic Supply Management (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8951 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8951 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management, published on 13 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8951 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management. 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-2016-8951/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8951/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8951
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8951
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8951

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