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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5035 · published 10 November 2008

CVE-2008-5035: Ibm hardware management console vulnerability

Ibm · Hardware Management Console

The 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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.1% · top 19.3% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The 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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32571 Vendor Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB02482
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB02485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32181
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3051
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4441
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4442
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46413
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/power6/install/v7.Readme.html#MH01133
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/power6/install/v7.Readme.html#MH01134
http://secunia.com/advisories/32571 Vendor Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB02482
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB02485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32181
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3051
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4441
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4442
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46413
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/power6/install/v7.Readme.html#MH01133
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/power6/install/v7.Readme.html#MH01134

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5035), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.