CVE-2007-4622
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Integer underflow in the dns_name_fromtext function in (1) libdns_nonsecure.a and (2) libdns_secure.a in IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted "-y" (TSIG key) command line argument to dig.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4604)
- Published
- November 5, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4604 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
References
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/dig_ifix.tar(Patch)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=613
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27437(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05017
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26262(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38169
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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