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CVE-2008-1593 Detail

Description

The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11820
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12794
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ16992
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28467 Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4595

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1593
NVD Published Date:
03/31/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017
Source:
MITRE