CVE-2008-5386

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in ndp in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, when the netcd daemon is running, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc
http://osvdb.org/50215
http://secunia.com/advisories/32916
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35170
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35181
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35209
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32493
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021288
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc
http://osvdb.org/50215
http://secunia.com/advisories/32916
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35170

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