CVE-2009-0779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."

Published: 2009-03-04

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:5.3:::::::*
	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-2009-0779	Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."

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://secunia.com/advisories/34005
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388
http://www.osvdb.org/52179
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33852
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-03-04T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:02:27.103Z

Reserved: 2009-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0779

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-03-04T11:30:00.420

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

Link: CVE-2009-0779

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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