CVE-2005-3396 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2005-3396

Buffer overflow in the chcons (chcon) command in IBM AIX...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the chcons (chcon) command in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3, when DEBUG MALLOC is enabled, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

aix
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1, 5.1l, 5.2, 5.2.2, 5.2_l, 5.3, 5.3_l

Timeline

Official Publish: November 1st, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.