CVE-2009-0505

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The CICS listener in IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 6.2 GA waits for a forcepurge acknowledgement from the CICS Application Server (CICSAS) after an eci response timeout, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (forcepurge handling delay), or have unspecified other impact, via vectors involving slow or nonexistent acknowledgement.

Affected products

IBM Txseries: 6.2

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24019725
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ22391
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33883
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0911
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48885
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24019725
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ22391
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33883
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0911
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48885

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