CVE-2005-2233

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2233
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-07-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in multiple "p" commands in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) penable or other hard-linked files including (2) pdisable, (3) pstart, (4) phold, (5) pdelay, or (6) pshare.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.1l All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.2.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.2_l All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.3_l All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - IBM AIX Buffer Overflows in invscout, paginit, diagTasksWebSM, getlvname, and swcons Commands and Multiple p Commands Let Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2005-0006.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.caughq.org Vendor Advisory
IBM AIX Penable Command Line Argument Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
www.security-focus.com/advisories/8684 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.security-focus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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