CVE-2008-0584

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: 2008-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the (1) swap, (2) swapoff, and (3) swapon programs.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96095
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27432
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4064
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5744
http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96095
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27432
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261

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