CVE-2008-4678

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

22/10/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The HTTP_Request_Parser method in the HTTP Transport component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (controller 0C4 abend and application hang) via a long HTTP Host header, related to "storage overlay" on the stack and a "parse failure."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.13:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.15:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.17:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.19:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.23:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.25:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.13:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.15:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.17:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.19:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.23:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.25:::::::*

CVE-2008-4678

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools