CVE-2007-4791 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in IBM AIX

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
CNA7.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM AIX
Timeline
PublishedSep 10
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3504 and CVE-2007-0978.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDibm/aix5.2, 5.3+1

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: www-1.ibm.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5jj7-qjvp-9qf2: Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2007-4791: Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos↗2007-09-10
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CVE-2007-4791 — IBM AIX vulnerability | cvebase