National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0779
Original release date:03/04/2009
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0487
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ44388
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ44332
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ44220
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ44199
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 33852
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 52179
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021741
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34005
Type: Advisory