VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-0588
Buffer overflow in the utape program in devices.scsi.tape.diag in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the utape program in devices.scsi.tape.diag in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06260Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06488Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06620Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27430
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4070
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39909
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5572
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06260Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06488Patch
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06620Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27430
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4070
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39909
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5572
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.