CVE-2008-2122 (GCVE-0-2008-2122)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
IBM Rational Build Forge 7.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a port scan, which spawns multiple bfagent server processes that attempt to read data from closed sockets.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019964 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1427… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/30081 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29036 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-05-02 00:00
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