CVE-2008-0509 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially gain privileges via buffer overflows in IBM AIX utilities.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0509?
CVE-2008-0509 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 31 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0509?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aix.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0509?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0509 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-0509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pvwj-ph3c-w4q5.