CVE-2017-3572 Denial of service in Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle Commerce Guided Search via HTTP requests.

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-2017-3572?

CVE-2017-3572 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager, published on 24 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager component of Oracle Commerce (subcomponent: MDEX). Supported versions that are affected are 6.2.2, 6.3.0, 6.4.1.2, 6.5.0, 6.5.1 and 6.5.2. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3572?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Commerce.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3572?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3572 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-2017-3572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-22ff-vcc9-9mgj.

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