PT-2007-5939 · Ibm · Aix

Published 2007-09-10 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2007-4799

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: AIX version 5.3

Description: The issue concerns the perfstat kernel extension in bos.perf.perfstat, which fails to verify privileges when processing a SET call. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system hang or crash, by performing unspecified SET operations.

Recommendations: For AIX version 5.3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4799

Affected Products

Aix

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4799 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26715 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25554 · Patch
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3850 · Patch
• http://osvdb.org/40392 · Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97309 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059 · Note