CVE-2007-4237 (GCVE-0-2007-4237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-08 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:46
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the atm subset in arp in devices.common.IBM.atm.rte in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain root privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://osvdb.org/36783 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018463 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2007-07-24 00:00
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