PT-2008-3149 · Ibm · Aix

Published 2008-03-31 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-1593

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 6.1

Description The issue is related to the checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel, which does not properly protect kernel memory. This 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.

Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 5.2 through 6.1, 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-2008-1593

Affected Products

Aix

References · 12

• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ16992 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1593 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28467 · Patch
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17111 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12794 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11820 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4595 · Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153 · Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155 · Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865 · Note