PT-2008-2214 · Ibm · Ibm Aix

Published 2008-02-05 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-0588

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM AIX versions 5.2 through 5.3

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the utape program, which is part of devices.scsi.tape.diag in IBM AIX. This issue allows local users to gain privileges through unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 5.2 through 5.3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0588

Affected Products

Ibm Aix

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0588 · Security Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06260 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06620 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5572 · Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06488 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39909 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27430 · Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4070 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28609 · Note