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TI-2008-05004 Aliases CVE-2008-5257GHSA-ff2g-j733-w6cg

webseald in WebSEAL 6.0.0.17 in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business allows remote…

Priority LOW 23CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

webseald in WebSEAL 6.0.0.17 in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via HTTP requests, as demonstrated by a McAfee vulnerability scan.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01226 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_access_manager_for_e-business:6.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0.17VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_access_manager_for_e-business:6.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0.17 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5257
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ff2g-j733-w6cg

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2004-02428 Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director 3.8, Access Manager for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-00499 Directory traversal vulnerability in pkmslogout in Tivoli Web Server Plug-in 5.1.0.10 in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2017-01199 Open redirect in IBM Security Access Manager for Web CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2010-04345 Directory traversal vulnerability in WebSEAL in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2011-00421 Directory traversal vulnerability in WebSEAL in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2010-03895 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the TAM console in IBM Tivoli… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
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Sources

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