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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3389 Detail

Description

Stack-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.


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Evaluator Impact

"Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the "ingres" user. By itself, this vulnerability does not have very serious consequences. However, when combined with the library loading vulnerability, it allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. " (iDefense)

Evaluator Solution

"Fixes are available for the current release of Ingres 2006 release 2 (9.1.0), for Ingres 2006 release 1 (9.0.4), and for Ingres 2.6 versions on their respective platforms. The security fixes are available and can be quickly applied with little to no anticipated impact to systems. Ingres customers with a current support contract can review the following knowledge base document for information on downloading the available fixes: http://servicedesk.ingres.com/CAisd/pdmweb.ingres?OP=SHOW_DETAIL+PERSID=KD:416012+HTMPL=kt_document_view.htmpl (ingres.com)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=732 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31357 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31398 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020615 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44179 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3389
NVD Published Date:
08/05/2008
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE