CVE-2009-0433 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the WebSphere daemon via mishandled client read failures when content buffering is enabled, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-0433?
CVE-2009-0433 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 10 Feb 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 5.1.x before 5.1.1.19, 6.0.x before 6.0.2.29, and 6.1.x before 6.1.0.19, when Web Server plug-in content buffering is enabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unknown vectors, related to a mishandling of client read failures in which clients receive many 500 HTTP error responses and backend servers are incorrectly labeled as down.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0433?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0433?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0433 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-2009-0433 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0433 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4jv5-w4q2-49cm.