CVE-2008-0003
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 7.8%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PAMBasicAuthenticator::PAMCallback function in OpenPegasus CIM management server (tog-pegasus), when compiled to use PAM and without PEGASUS_USE_PAM_STANDALONE_PROC defined, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5360.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0016)
- Published
- January 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0016 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openpegasus / management server
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01438409
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000014.html
- http://osvdb.org/40082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28338(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28462(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29056(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29785(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29986(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019159
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-January/001879.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0002.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490917/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27172
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27188(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0063(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0638(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1234/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1391/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4129
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426578
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39527
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10282
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00424.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00480.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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