CVE-2008-1594
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The kernel in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly handle resizing JFS2 filesystems on concurrent volume groups spread across multiple nodes, which allows local users of one node to cause a denial of service (remote node crash) by using chfs or lreducelv to reduce a filesystem's size.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1595)
- Published
- March 31, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1595 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ04946
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ04953
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05246
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28467(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5434
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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