# CVE-2008-7289: Race condition in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via DB2 daemon deadlock by triggering simultaneous password changes.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Apr 2011
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vm34-5fj4-jh3w

## What is CVE-2008-7289?

CVE-2008-7289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Apr 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) 5.2 before 5.2.0.5-TIV-ITDS-LA0007 does not properly handle the simultaneous changing of multiple passwords, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (DB2 daemon deadlock) by making password changes that trigger updates to a DB2 password-history table.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7289?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Directory Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-7289?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-7289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-1206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1206/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-1975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1975/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2009-3089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3089/): Null dereference in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2009-3088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3088/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-6742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6742/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-7289 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-7289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Apr 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7289 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-2008-7289/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7289/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7289
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7289
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-7289

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