IBM WebSphere Portal Unspecified DoS (PI15692)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74157

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has web portal software installed that is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal on the remote host is affected by an unspecified denial of service vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to crash the host by sending a specially crafted web request.

Solution

IBM has published Interim Fix PI15692. Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672572

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e5ca5ae

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/92622

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74157

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2014-0949.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/23/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0949

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0949

BID: 67413