IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-1601. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reboot program on IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users in the shutdown group to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was released 03/31/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at www14.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1601 since 03/31/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1988 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63756 (AIX 5.2 TL 0 : reboot (IZ15479)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (63756), OSVDB (42795†), Secunia (SA29347†), SecurityTracker (ID 1019602†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-18385†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-41785, VDB-41784, VDB-41783 and VDB-41782. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 63756
Nessus Name: AIX 5.2 TL 0 : reboot (IZ15479)
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10/01/2002 🔍
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03/31/2008 +19 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www14.software.ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1601 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1601
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41786

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Secunia: 29347
OSVDB: 42795 - CVE-2008-1601 - IBM - AIX - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019602
Vulnerability Center: 18385 - IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 Buffer Overflow in Reboot Program Allows Local Privilege Escalation, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-0865

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 10:26
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (64), 08/10/2019 10:26 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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