vulnerability
IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2019-12402: Denial of service vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2019-12402)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 30, 2019 | Jan 3, 2020 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 30, 2019
Added
Jan 3, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
Solutions
ibm-was-install-8-5-ph17088-libertyibm-was-upgrade-8-5-19-0-0-9-liberty
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