CVE-2018-1779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM API Connect 2018.1 through 2018.3.7 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to not setting limits on JSON payload size. IBM X-Force ID: 148802.

Published: 2018-11-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.5% 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
`2018.1`	affected	—
`2018.3.7`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12358	IBM API Connect 2018.1 through 2018.3.7 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to not setting limits on JSON payload size. IBM X-Force ID: 148802.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02494.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105991
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148802
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733851

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Api Connect

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2018-11-20T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:27:46.719Z

Reserved: 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1779

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-20T14:29:00.657

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:51:45.520

Link: CVE-2018-1779

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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