CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0263

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in netpmon on AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3. A local user can exploit a long -O argument to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

Risk of privilege escalation by a local user who could gain control of the system.

Recommendation

Apply the IBM patch for AIX or restrict access to the netpmon tool to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in netpmon on AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -O argument.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS