CVE-2015-1892
Description
The Multicast DNS (mDNS) responder in IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.x before 7.0.0 FP12 and 8.x before 8.0.1 FP1 inadvertently responds to unicast queries with source addresses that are not link-local, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) or obtain potentially sensitive information via port-5353 UDP packets.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV70911
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV70913
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699497
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/550620
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73683
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV70911
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV70913
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699497
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/550620
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73683
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.