Vulnerability in IBM Aix

CVE-2004-2388

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.

EPSS: 0.021 (80.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Ibm Aix — versions 4.3.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, government-resource, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_CIAC, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, Patch, vdb-entry)