CVE-2008-0586
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the (1) lchangevg, (2) ldeletepv, (3) putlvodm, (4) lvaryoffvg, and (5) lvgenminor programs in bos.rte.lvm; and the (6) tellclvmd program in bos.clvm.enh.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0596)
- Published
- February 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0596 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lvm_advisory.asc
- http://osvdb.org/40427
- http://osvdb.org/40428
- http://osvdb.org/40429
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28609(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98448
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98450
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98331
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98340
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY99537
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ00559
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10828
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27431
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0261
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4068
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39907
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5704
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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