CVE-2008-1593
N/A
Published: March 31, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAIX
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11820Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12794Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ16992Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17111VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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