CVE-2008-0584 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the (1) swap, (2) swapoff, and (3) swapon programs.

Published: 2008-02-05

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-2008-0594	Multiple buffer overflows in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the (1) swap, (2) swapoff, and (3) swapon programs.

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 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96095
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27432
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4064
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5744

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-05T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:54:21.639Z

Reserved: 2008-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0584

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-05T03:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-0584

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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