CVE-2008-3389

N/A
Published: August 5, 2008 at 07:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIngres· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges by setting a long value of an environment variable before running (1) verifydb, (2) iimerge, or (3) csreport.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

hp-hp-ux (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (11)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31357
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31398
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020615
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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