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IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.2 < 25.0.0.2 DoS (7181925)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214871

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Synopsis

The remote web application server is affected by a DoS vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty running on the remote host is affected by a DoS vulnerability as referenced in the 7181925 advisory.

 - Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attempts to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crashes. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.115. (CVE-2024-47535)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty version 25.0.0.2 or later. Alternatively, upgrade to the minimal fix pack levels required by the interim fix and then apply Interim Fix PH64741.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7181925

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214871

File Name: websphere_liberty_7181925.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 2/1/2025

Updated: 9/8/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Application Server

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47535