IBM AIX 4.3.3 pioout memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in IBM AIX 4.3.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the component pioout. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2002-0742. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 4.3.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component pioout. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in pioout on AIX 4.3.3.

The bug was discovered 03/05/2002. The weakness was presented 08/12/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0742. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/04/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1076 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17136), OSVDB (8007†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22066†). See VDB-18629, VDB-18630, VDB-18631 and VDB-18632 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/05/2002 +916 days 🔍
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08/12/2002 +160 days 🔍
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05/18/2009 +2471 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +1891 days 🔍
09/04/2019 +1870 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0742 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0742
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18628
X-Force: 17136
OSVDB: 8007 - CVE-2002-0742 - AIX - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22066 - IBM AIX 4.3.3 and 5.1 Pioout Program Local Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 23:11
Updated: 09/04/2019 09:56
Changes: 07/22/2014 23:11 (58), 09/04/2019 09:56 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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