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CVE-2017-4960


An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry release v247 through v252, UAA stand-alone release v3.9.0 through v3.11.0, and UAA Bosh Release v21 through v26. There is a potential to subject the UAA OAuth clients to a denial of service attack.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 3 products from cloudfoundry, from pivotal_software, from pivotal_software organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2017, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.


Published

2017-03-10T01:59:00.143

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 21 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 22 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 23 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 24 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 24.1 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 24.2 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 24.3 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 24.4 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 24.5 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 24.6 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 25 Yes
Application cloudfoundry cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh 26 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry 247.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry 248.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry 249.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry 250.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry 251.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry 252.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.1 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.2 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.3 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.4 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.5 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.6 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.7 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.9.8 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.10.0 Yes
Application pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa 3.11.0 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For cloudfoundry's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.