CVE-2024-27268 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 24.0.0.4 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 284574.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Websphere Application Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284574
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644
https://nowotarski.info/http2-continuation-flood/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27268
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27268
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7145809
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644

History

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm websphere Application Server
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:::::liberty:::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm websphere Application Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2024-04-04T17:26:50.305Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:27:59.848Z

Reserved: 2024-02-22T01:26:52.585Z

Link: CVE-2024-27268

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:27:59.848Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-04T18:15:13.823

Modified: 2025-02-27T17:58:20.883

Link: CVE-2024-27268

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-27268 - Bugzilla

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