CVE-2004-2388 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

rexecd for AIX 4.3.3 does not properly use a local copy of the pwd structure when calling getpwnam, which may cause the structure to be overwritten by the authenticate function and assign privileges to the wrong user.

Published: 2005-08-16

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2379	rexecd for AIX 4.3.3 does not properly use a local copy of the pwd structure when calling getpwnam, which may cause the structure to be overwritten by the authenticate function and assign privileges to the wrong user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01008.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/11085
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY53507
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-102.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/4248
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9835
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15455

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:22:13.940Z

Reserved: 2005-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2388

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2388

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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