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5.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM AIX 4.3 (Operating System). Affected is some unknown functionality of the file piox25.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
Multiple buffer overflows in IBM AIX 4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a long argument to (1) piox25, related to piox25.c; or (2) piox25remote, related to piox25remote.sh.
The issue has been introduced in 10/01/1997. The weakness was published 01/31/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0509 since 01/31/2008. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3774 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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Version
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/01/1997 🔍01/30/2008 🔍
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03/16/2015 🔍
04/11/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-0509 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 27510 - IBM AIX 'piox25.c/piox25remote.sh' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 28600 - IBM AIX piox25.c/piox25remote.sh Buffer Overflow, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-0324
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 04/11/2019 21:54
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (58), 04/11/2019 21:54 (2)
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