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CVE-2008-0588

• 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

Buffer overflow in the utape program in devices.scsi.tape.diag in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06260
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06488
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06620
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27430
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4070
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39909
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5572
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28609
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06260
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ06488

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