CVE-2008-7289

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) 5.2 before 5.2.0.5-TIV-ITDS-LA0007 does not properly handle the simultaneous changing of multiple passwords, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (DB2 daemon deadlock) by making password changes that trigger updates to a DB2 password-history table.

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Directory Server: 5.2.0, 5.2.0.4

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IO09667
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24029663
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IO09667
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24029663

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