CVE-2007-4004 (GCVE-0-2007-4004)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-26 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/26219 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2007-07-26 00:00
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