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Status Future consideration
Workspace DataPower Gateway
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 6, 2021

Qualys web scan flagging a "Slow HTTP Request" vulnerability on MPGW. This is considered a High Risk vulnerability.

Qualys scan found a potential Slow HTTP headers vulnerability which can be exploded for a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

The offending behavior identified by Qualys is that the server resets timeout after accepting headers from peers when processing a request with a POST

MIB met with IBM regarding this and they stated Solution involves the implementation by IBM of a configurable header timeout in DataPower (currently DataPower only offers a HTTP body timeout). This is a significant change as this implementation needs to interact with multiple protocols (MPGW,…). So this is considered a new feature - thus the request

Idea priority High
RFE ID 147700
RFE URL
RFE Product IBM DataPower Gateways