CVE-2008-2515 (GCVE-0-2008-2515)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:05
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in iostat in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to an "environment variable handling error."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/30349 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22350 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1626… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29325 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/i… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22349 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22351 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020085 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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Date Public
2008-05-21 00:00
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