CVE-2008-5385 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

enq in bos.rte.printers in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when a print queue is defined in /etc/qconfig, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-12-09

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:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1.2:::::::*

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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-2008-5362	enq in bos.rte.printers in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when a print queue is defined in /etc/qconfig, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

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 0.0004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc
http://osvdb.org/50217
http://secunia.com/advisories/32916
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ33088
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34481
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34785
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32493
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021290

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.752Z

Reserved: 2008-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5385

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-09T00:30:00.440

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

Link: CVE-2008-5385

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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