CVE-2008-1597 (GCVE-0-2008-1597)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-31 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:24
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Summary
The WPAR system call implementation in the kernel in IBM AIX 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown calls that trigger "undefined behavior."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-03-11 00:00
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