CVE-2008-3389 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 5 Aug 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in Ingres database utilities to gain elevated privileges.

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-2008-3389?

CVE-2008-3389 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges by setting a long value of an environment variable before running (1) verifydb, (2) iimerge, or (3) csreport.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3389?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ingres Ingres.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3389?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3389 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-2008-3389 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3389 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-95vq-m8f4-gh6c.