{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29725 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29725 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-29725 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Secure External Authentication Server, published on 15 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-29725 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-29725 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Secure External Authentication Server, published on 15 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29725 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Secure External Authentication Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29725/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29725/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-29725","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29725/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-29725","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-53qf-272p-ghf6"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Secure Proxy","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in IBM Secure External Authentication Server and Secure Proxy by consuming resources through a resource leak.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"secure_external_authentication_server","vendor":"ibm"},{"product":"sterling_secure_proxy","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/UI:N/PR:N/AV:N/S:U/I:N/C:N/A:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-770","name":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling"}],"description":"IBM Secure External Authentication Server 2.4.3.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.2 and IBM Secure Proxy 3.4.3.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.2 could allow a remote user to consume resources causing a denial of service due to a resource leak.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Denial of service in Secure External Authentication Server","id":"CVE-2021-29725","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Secure External Authentication Server","id":"CVE-2021-29726"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Weak cryptography in Sterling Secure Proxy","id":"CVE-2021-29723"},"products":["Secure External Authentication Server","Secure Proxy"],"published":"2021-07-15","related":[{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Server-side request forgery in Secure External Authentication Server","id":"CVE-2021-29749","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-15"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Secure External Authentication Server","id":"CVE-2021-29726","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-17"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in IBM Secure External Authentication Server and Secure Proxy by consuming resources through a resource leak.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29725/"}