Unscored severity · published Feb 10, 2009
CVE-2009-0433
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…
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CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
Websphere Application Server · Ibm
5.1.0; 5.1.0.2; 5.1.0.3; 5.1.0.4; 5.1.0.5; 5.1.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0433
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0433
www-01.ibm.com
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK67161
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006879
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007033
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
Patch
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK63499
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33700
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