PT-2008-6509 · Ibm · Ibm Aix

Published 2008-12-09 · Updated 2008-12-17 · CVE-2008-5386

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM AIX versions 6.1.0 through 6.1.2

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the ndp component of IBM AIX, which can be exploited by local users to gain privileges when the netcd daemon is running. The exact vectors used for the exploitation are not specified.

Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, consider disabling the netcd daemon as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5386

Affected Products

Ibm Aix

References · 9

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35209 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35181 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35170 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32916 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5386 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32493 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021288 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/50215 · Note
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc · Note