Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-3504 - Local Buffer Overflow vulnerability in IBM AIX SWCONS

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
ibm
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5.2, when debug malloc is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a core dump and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Ibm
3

Nessus

NASL familyAIX Local Security Checks
NASL idAIX_U477978.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is missing AIX PTF U477978, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.console.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id65262
published2013-03-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65262
titleAIX 5.2 TL 9 : bos.rte.console (U477978)