The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1594 The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.897Z

Reserved: 2008-03-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1593

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-03-31T23:44:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1593

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