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CVE-2004-2388

rexecd for AIX 4.3.3 does not properly use a local copy of the pwd structure when calling getpwnam, which may cause the structure to be overwritten by the authenticate function and assign privileges to the wrong user.

Published

2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	ibm	aix	4.3.3	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/11085 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY53507 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-102.shtml Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/4248 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9835 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15455 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/11085 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY53507 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-102.shtml Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/4248 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9835 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15455 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)