Vulnerability CVE-2005-3396
Published: 2005-11-01   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Bug in HC

Lone Ride...
16.12.2005

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
IBM -> AIX 

 References:
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015122
http://secunia.com/advisories/17380
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2253
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15247
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY78253
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY78241
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5470
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/261
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