CVE-2005-3396

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.1l, 5.2, 5.2.2, 5.2_l, 5.3 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17380
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/261
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015122
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY78241
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY78253
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15247
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2253
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5470
http://secunia.com/advisories/17380
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/261
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015122
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY78241

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