PT-2008-4792 · Actian · Ingres

Published 2008-08-05 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-3389

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ingres versions 2.6, 9.0.4, 9.1.0

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the libbecompat library of Ingres, allowing local users to gain privileges. This can be achieved by setting a long value of an environment variable before running certain commands, including verifydb, iimerge, or csreport.

Recommendations For Ingres version 2.6, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Ingres version 9.0.4, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Ingres version 9.1.0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3389

Affected Products

Ingres

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3389 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31357 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=732 · Note
• https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30512 · Note
• http://ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44179 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020615 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31398 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292 · Note