CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2234

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the getlvname command in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3. A local user can exploit long command line arguments to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is the possibility of privilege escalation by a local user, which could lead to full system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately apply security patches provided by IBM for AIX and restrict local access to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the getlvname command in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments.

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