Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-2709
medium
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.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42984
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1799
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29660
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas21f21bcbaa63f55268625745e003c6f64