Denial of Service Vulnerability in IBM EntireX by IBM
CVE-2024-54170

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

IBM
Status
Entirex
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 February 2025

What is CVE-2024-54170?

IBM EntireX version 11.1 contains a vulnerability that allows a local user to trigger a denial of service by exploiting a regular expression with inefficient complexity, leading to excessive CPU cycle consumption. This issue can significantly degrade system performance, potentially impacting the availability of applications relying on IBM EntireX.

Affected Version(s)

EntireX 11.1

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7184194
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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