CVE-2008-4285 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere Application Server by exploiting a performance degradation issue in the PMI feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4285?
CVE-2008-4285 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 17 Feb 2009. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) feature in the Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.x before 6.1.0.19, when a component statistic is enabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to "a gradual degradation in performance."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4285?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4285?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-4285 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mg97-69vg-vv8v.