CVE-2007-1798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the drmgr command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long path name.

Published: 2007-04-02

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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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-2007-1792	Buffer overflow in the drmgr command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long path name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

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 0.00063.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/34981
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95054
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96753
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96772
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017841
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1186
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33354
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12575

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-04-02T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:06:26.356Z

Reserved: 2007-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1798

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-04-02T22:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1798

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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