# CVE-2008-5257: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM Tivoli Access Manager via crafted HTTP requests, impacting service availability.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ff2g-j733-w6cg

## What is CVE-2008-5257?

CVE-2008-5257 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5257?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Access Manager for E-Business.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-5257?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5257 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-5257 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5257 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2004-2558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2558/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2011-0494](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0494/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2010-4622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4622/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-0513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0513/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2010-4120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4120/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-5257 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-5257 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5257 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5257/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5257/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5257
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5257
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5257

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