CVE-2008-5387 — 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
6.2MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM AIX
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Buffer overflow in autoconf6 in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when Role-Based Access Control is enabled, allows local users with aix.network.config.tcpip authorization to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:H/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 1.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDibm/aix6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2+2

Patches

Patch: www-01.ibm.com ↗Patch: www-01.ibm.com ↗Patch: www-01.ibm.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xhc5-97cf-65v8: Buffer overflow in autoconf6 in IBM AIX 6↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2008-5387: Buffer overflow in autoconf6 in IBM AIX 6↗2008-12-09
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CVE-2008-5387 — IBM AIX vulnerability | cvebase