CVE-2008-5035
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) daemon in IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7 release 3.2.0 SP1 and 3.3.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a packet with an invalid length.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) daemon in IBM Hardware Management Console versions 7r3.2.0 SP1 and 7r3.3.0 SP2 lacks proper validation of packet length fields, allowing remote attackers to send malformed packets that cause the daemon to crash or hang, resulting in denial of service.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.2.0= 3.3.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm the system is an IBM Hardware Management ConsoleRun command 'lsvpd' or check system documentation to verify the hardware platform is IBM HMC. Look for HMC-specific identifiers in the system inventory.Affected if The system is not an IBM Hardware Management Console (the vulnerability only affects HMC)
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Determine the installed HMC versionExecute 'hmcversion' command or check the version file typically found in /etc/hmc_version or /opt/hmc/version. Record the exact version number displayed.Affected if The version cannot be determined or the system is not running HMC software
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Verify the version matches affected releasesCompare the installed version number from step 2 against the affected versions: 3.2.0 and 3.3.0. These are the only versions listed as vulnerable.Affected if The installed HMC version is exactly 3.2.0 or 3.3.0
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Check if RMC daemon is runningRun 'ps -ef | grep -i rmc' or 'lssrc -s rmc' to determine if the Resource Monitoring and Control daemon is active on the system.Affected if RMC daemon is running on an affected version (3.2.0 or 3.3.0)
A system is affected if it is an IBM Hardware Management Console running version 3.2.0 or 3.3.0 with the RMC daemon active and accessible over the network.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM's security patch for this vulnerability; if unavailable, upgrade to a later supported HMC version. Network segmentation may reduce attack surface.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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