CVE-2018-1997 Denial of service in Business Automation Workflow
An authenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by exhausting server-side memory via a specially crafted request in IBM Business Automation Workflow.
- 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-2018-1997?
CVE-2018-1997 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Business Automation Workflow, published on 8 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, and 18.0.0.2 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An authenticated attacker might send a specially crafted request that exhausts server-side memory. IBM X-Force ID: 154774.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1997?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Business Automation Workflow, Ibm Business Process Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1997?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1997 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-2018-1997 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1997 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-xcgx-f24f-jj4r.