CVE-2008-3389
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges by setting a long value of an environment variable before running (1) verifydb, (2) iimerge, or (3) csreport.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3375)
- Published
- August 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3375 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / hp-ux
- ingres / ingres
- ingres / ingres
- ingres / ingres
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=732(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31357(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31398(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020615(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44179(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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