CVE-2008-4285

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) feature in the Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.x before 6.1.0.19, when a component statistic is enabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to "a gradual degradation in performance."

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.3, 6.1.0.5 (+6)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24019260
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48698
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24019260
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48698

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