VDB-227611 · CVE-2020-4729 · XFDB 188052

IBM Cunter Fraud Management for Safer Payments API Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Cunter Fraud Management for Safer Payments. Affected is an unknown function of the component API Request Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-4729. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM Cunter Fraud Management for Safer Payments (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component API Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Counter Fraud Management for Safer Payments 5.7.0.00 through 5.7.0.10, 6.0.0.00 through 6.0.0.07, 6.1.0.00 through 6.1.0.05, and 6.2.0.00 through 6.2.1.00 could allow an authenticated attacker under special circumstances to send multiple specially crafted API requests that could cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 188052.

The weakness was released 04/28/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-4729 since 12/30/2019. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (188052). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Cunter Fraud Management for Safer Payments

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/30/2019 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-4729 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-4729
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-227611
X-Force: 188052

Entryinfo

Created: 04/28/2023 07:12
Changes: 04/28/2023 07:12 (50)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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