FKIE_CVE-2005-3396

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-11-01 12:47 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:16
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the chcons (chcon) command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3, when DEBUG MALLOC is enabled, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm aix 5.1
ibm aix 5.1l
ibm aix 5.2
ibm aix 5.2.2
ibm aix 5.2_l
ibm aix 5.3
ibm aix 5.3_l

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