CVE-2008-2122 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04726.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_build_forge:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Ibm Subscribe	Rational Build Forge Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30081
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21303877
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29036
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019964
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1427/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42173

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-09T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:57.792Z

Reserved: 2008-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2122

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-09T15:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2122

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-772

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