CVE-2021-29899 Denial of service in Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant

Medium 6.5 Published 18 Mar 2022 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2021-29899?

CVE-2021-29899 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant, published on 18 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant prior to 3.1.3 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 207413.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29899?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises.

How do I fix CVE-2021-29899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29899 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-2021-29899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jmq4-h3jc-xh97.