CVE-2008-4678 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) versions 6.0.2 prior to 6.0.2.31. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted HTTP request with an excessively long Host header, leading to a controller 0C4 abend and application hang due to a storage overlay on the stack during HTTP_Request_Parser method processing. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can result in a complete denial of service. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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