CVE-2017-1556

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-1556
  • Assigner
  • psirt@us.ibm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-13T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-22T23:09:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131546 VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008315 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100831 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1556
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1556
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:28:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:57:53 2017-09-13T18:29Z 2017-09-13T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:57:53 2017-09-22T23:09:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:57:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated