CVE-2017-1556

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Published Sep 13, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM API Connect 5.0.7.0 through 5.0.7.2 is vulnerable to a regular expression attack that could allow an authenticated attacker to use a regex and cause the system to slow or hang. IBM X-Force ID: 131546.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

API Connect

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.7.0`	affected	—
`5.0.7.1`	affected	—
`5.0.7.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.7.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-10572	IBM API Connect 5.0.7.0 through 5.0.7.2 is vulnerable to a regular expression attack that could allow an authenticated attacker to use a regex and cause the system to slow or hang. IBM X-Force ID: 131546.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.455% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008315
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100831
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131546

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Api Connect

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:51 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 6:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:51 AM
Reserved: Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:14 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 6:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:14 AM

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