Overview
The FC client in IBM's AIX contains a buffer overflow that may cause a core dump in the client.
Description
The IBM AIX FC client allows a buffer overflow of a few bytes in the client process, which could cause intermittent core dumps during session setup. Overflowing the buffer is difficult or impossible without local, privileged access to the client. |
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability causes the FC client to crash. |
Solution
Upgrade to AIXV4 For more information, see |
Vendor Information
152955
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
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References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to IBM for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 2.36 |
| Date Public: | 2002-03-28 |
| Date First Published: | 2002-09-16 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2002-12-10 23:08 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |