PT-2015-5486 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Portal

Published 2015-04-24 · Updated 2016-08-04 · CVE-2015-1886

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Portal versions 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27 IBM WebSphere Portal versions 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27 IBM WebSphere Portal versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF29 IBM WebSphere Portal version 8.0.0 before 8.0.0.1 CF16 IBM WebSphere Portal versions 8.5.0 through CF05

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, via crafted requests to the Remote Document Conversion Service (DCS) in IBM WebSphere Portal.

Recommendations For versions 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For versions 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF29, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For version 8.0.0 before 8.0.0.1 CF16, update to version 8.0.0.1 CF16 or later to resolve the issue. For versions 8.5.0 through CF05, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1886

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Portal

References · 6

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21701566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI37356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1886 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74216 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1886 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032189 · Note