CVE-2008-2709 Information

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.

Reference

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