CVE-2007-4236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in lpd in bos.rte.printers in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users with printq group privileges to gain root privileges.

Published: 2007-08-08

Score: 6.9 Medium

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

n/a

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-2007-4219	Buffer overflow in lpd in bos.rte.printers in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users with printq group privileges to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018467
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98339
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98560
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-08-08T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:46:39.395Z

Reserved: 2007-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4236

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-08T22:17:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-4236

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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