CVE-2008-3389

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3389
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-05 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:48:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges by setting a long value of an environment variable before running (1) verifydb, (2) iimerge, or (3) csreport.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Hp Hp-ux All All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux All All All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2.6 All All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.0.4 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.1.0 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2.6 All All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.0.4 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.1.0 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ingres Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Support & Services | Security Alert 08.01.08 - Ingres CONFIRM www.ingres.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM support.ca.com Broken Link
Ingres Database Multiple Local Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Ingres Database Buffer Overflow in 'libbecompat' Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CA Products Ingres Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
20080801 Ingres Database for Linux libbecompat Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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