CVE-2017-1556 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM API Connect 5.0.7.0 through 5.0.7.2 is vulnerable to a regular expression attack that could allow an authenticated attacker to use a regex and cause the system to slow or hang. IBM X-Force ID: 131546.

Published: 2017-09-13

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

API Connect

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.7.0`	affected	—
`5.0.7.1`	affected	—
`5.0.7.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-10572	IBM API Connect 5.0.7.0 through 5.0.7.2 is vulnerable to a regular expression attack that could allow an authenticated attacker to use a regex and cause the system to slow or hang. IBM X-Force ID: 131546.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01455.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008315
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100831
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131546

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Api Connect

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-09-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:51:42.744Z

Reserved: 2016-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1556

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-13T18:29:00.213

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:14:33.463

Link: CVE-2017-1556

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

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