CVE-2008-0589 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The ps program in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-02-05

Score: 4.9 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

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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:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:::::::*

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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-2008-0599	The ps program in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00057.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019265
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11242
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11243
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11244
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12745
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27434
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4075
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39911

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:54:22.586Z

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

Link: CVE-2008-0589

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2008-0589

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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