CVE-2009-0779
N/A
Published: March 4, 2009 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAIX
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34005Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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