CVE-2020-4729 IBM Safer Payments denial of service
An authenticated attacker can crash the IBM Safer Payments application by sending specially crafted API requests.
- 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-2020-4729?
CVE-2020-4729 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Safer Payments, published on 28 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Counter Fraud Management for Safer Payments 5.7.0.00 through 5.7.0.10, 6.0.0.00 through 6.0.0.07, 6.1.0.00 through 6.1.0.05, and 6.2.0.00 through 6.2.1.00 could allow an authenticated attacker under special circumstances to send multiple specially crafted API requests that could cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 188052.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4729?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Safer Payments.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4729?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4729 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-2020-4729 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4729 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Safer Payments
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9vw6-wj79-4jp9.