CVE-2007-4799

2007-09-1021:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

AI Score

6.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

The perfstat kernel extension in bos.perf.perfstat in AIX 5.3 does not verify privileges when processing a SET call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) via unspecified SET operations.

References

osvdb.org/40392

secunia.com/advisories/26715

www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97309

www.securityfocus.com/bid/25554

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059

www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3850