PT-2008-5891 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Application Server

Published 2008-10-22 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4678

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 6.0.2 through 6.0.2.30

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a controller 0C4 abend and application hang, via a long HTTP Host header. This is related to storage overlay on the stack and a parse failure in the HTTP Request Parser method.

Recommendations For IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 6.0.2 through 6.0.2.30, update to version 6.0.2.31 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4678

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Application Server

References · 8

• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK69371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4678 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45993 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2871 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31839 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4678 · Note
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006876 · Note