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CVE-2007-0978

Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via long input data.

Published

2007-02-16T01:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	ibm	aix	5.3	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/33200 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24154 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY94901 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017656 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0617 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32508 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/33200 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24154 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY94901 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017656 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0617 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32508 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)