CVE-2008-2709

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the BrSmRcvAndCheck function in the RCHMGR module on IBM OS/400 V5R4M0, V5R4M5, and V6R1M0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (task halt and main storage dump) via unspecified vectors involving the running of diagnostics on a modem port. NOTE: there might be limited attack scenarios.

Affected products

IBM Os 400: v5r4m0, v5r4m5, v6r1m0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30554
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas21f21bcbaa63f55268625745e003c6f64
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29660
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1799
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42984
http://secunia.com/advisories/30554
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas21f21bcbaa63f55268625745e003c6f64
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29660
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1799
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42984

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