Vigil@nce - WebSphere AS: denial of service via Request Headers
February 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Tivoli Storage Manager, WebSphere AS Liberty,
WebSphere AS Traditional.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: intranet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 20/12/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via Request Headers of
WebSphere AS, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WebSphere-AS-denial-of-service-via-Request-
Headers-31200