CVE-2008-1597

medium

Description

The WPAR system call implementation in the kernel in IBM AIX 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown calls that trigger "undefined behavior."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6198

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-1598

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28467

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ13392

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ13346

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-03-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H