CVE-2008-2122

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-772

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM Rational Build Forge: 7.0.2

References

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
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

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