CVE-2008-1594 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 31 Mar 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local users on one node can crash a remote node in a clustered IBM AIX environment by resizing JFS2 filesystems on shared volume groups.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-1594?

CVE-2008-1594 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 31 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The kernel in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly handle resizing JFS2 filesystems on concurrent volume groups spread across multiple nodes, which allows local users of one node to cause a denial of service (remote node crash) by using chfs or lreducelv to reduce a filesystem's size.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1594?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Aix.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1594?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-1594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9mx8-5rcr-64g4.