# CVE-2008-0401: Buffer overflow in the logging functionality of the HTTP server in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment (TPMfOSD) before 5.1.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-01-23 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the logging functionality of the HTTP server in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment (TPMfOSD) before 5.1.0.3 Interim Fix 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long method string to port 443/tcp.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0239
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=647
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39819
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28604
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019249
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/158609
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27387

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