CVE-2008-1593 — IBM AIX vulnerability

CWE-2643 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM AIX
Timeline
PublishedMar 31
Latest updateMay 1

Description

The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.

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, 6.1+2

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c3j5-429m-ph5q: The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-1593: The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5↗2008-03-31
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