CVE-2008-5257 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

webseald in WebSEAL 6.0.0.17 in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via HTTP requests, as demonstrated by a McAfee vulnerability scan.

Published: 2008-11-27

Score: 4.3 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_access_manager_for_e-business:6.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2008-5234	webseald in WebSEAL 6.0.0.17 in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via HTTP requests, as demonstrated by a McAfee vulnerability scan.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00759.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/32755
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ28611
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ37270
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32461
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46821

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Tivoli Access Manager For E-business

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:11.977Z

Reserved: 2008-11-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5257

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-27T00:30:00.313

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5257

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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