CVE-2009-0779 (GCVE-0-2009-0779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-04 11:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:02
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.osvdb.org/52179 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/34005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
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