CVE-2003-0697

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in lpd in the bos.rte.printers fileset for AIX 4.3 through 5.2, with debug enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain root privileges.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 4.3, 5.1, 5.2

References

http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2003.1605.1
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY45250&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY45344&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY46256&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2003.1605.1
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY45250&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY45344&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY46256&apar=only

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