HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0401

Tivoli Provisioning Manager Os Deployment vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
8.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the logging functionality of the HTTP server in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment (TPMfOSD) before 5.1.0.3 Interim Fix 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long method string to port 443/tcp.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Tivoli Provisioning Manager Os Deployment
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-01-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0401

  • Confirm whether Ibm Tivoli Provisioning Manager Os Deployment is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0401.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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