CVE-2009-0779

high

Description

Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0487

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33852

http://www.osvdb.org/52179

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44388

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44332

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44220

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ44199

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021741

http://secunia.com/advisories/34005

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-03-04

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00063