CVE-2004-2388 (GCVE-0-2004-2388)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-08-16 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:22
VLAI
Summary
rexecd for AIX 4.3.3 does not properly use a local copy of the pwd structure when calling getpwnam, which may cause the structure to be overwritten by the authenticate function and assign privileges to the wrong user.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/11085 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-102.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9835 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/4248 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2004-03-09 00:00
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