CVE-2007-4237

IBM AIX <5.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Buffer overflow in the atm subset in arp in devices.common.IBM.atm.rte in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain root privileges.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ00521
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/36783
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ00510
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2678
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018463

Scores

EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 27.1%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
ibm/aix 5.2
ibm/aix 5.3
Published Aug 08, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026