CVE-2008-2122 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM Rational Build Forge 7.0.2. Remote attackers can trigger excessive CPU consumption by initiating a port scan, causing the bfagent server to spawn numerous processes that attempt to read from closed sockets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_build_forge:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.