CVE-2016-2935 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The broker application in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invalid HTTP request.

Published: 2016-11-30

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_remote_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4008	The broker application in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invalid HTTP request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00659.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV89745
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991955
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94989

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Bigfix Remote Control

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2016-11-30T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:40:13.939Z

Reserved: 2016-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2935

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-30T11:59:04.637

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2935

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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