CVE-2008-0509

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in IBM AIX 4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a long argument to (1) piox25, related to piox25.c; or (2) piox25remote, related to piox25remote.sh.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 4.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28600
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ13739
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27510
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0324
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5796
http://secunia.com/advisories/28600
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ13739
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27510
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0324
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5796

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