CVE-2003-0257

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerability in the printer capability for IBM AIX .3, 5.1, and 5.2 allows local users to gain printq or root privileges.

Format string vulnerability in the printer capability for IBM AIX .3, 5.1, and 5.2 allows local users to gain printq or root privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM AIX

First reported 20 years ago

2004-04-15 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 4.3

4.3

IBM AIX 4.3.1

4.3.1

IBM AIX 4.3.2

4.3.2

IBM AIX 4.3.3

4.3.3

IBM AIX 5.1

5.1

IBM AIX 5.2

5.2

References

MSS-OAR-E01-2003:0660.1

Patch, Vendor Advisory

aix-print-format-string(12000)

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