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CVE-2020-4207

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1, and 5.0.0.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling a failed HTTP request with specific content in the headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 174972.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/28/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

ibm:iot_messagesightibm:watson_iot_platform_-_message_gatewaylinux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972(psirt@us.ibm.com)

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626(psirt@us.ibm.com)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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