CVE-2008-0586
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceMultiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 LVM (Logical Volume Manager) tools allow local users to gain elevated privileges. The affected binaries (lchangevg, ldeletepv, putlvodm, lvaryoffvg, lvgenminor in bos.rte.lvm and tellclvmd in bos.clvm.enh) do not properly validate input before copying to fixed-size buffers, enabling arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 5.2= 5.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify AIX version is 5.2 or 5.3Run 'oslevel' command to confirm the operating system versionAffected if The output shows a version other than 5.2 or 5.3, then this CVE does not apply. If it shows 5.2 or 5.3, continue to next check.
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Check if bos.rte.lvm fileset is installedRun 'lslpp -h bos.rte.lvm' to see the installed version and patch level of this filesetAffected if The fileset is installed without the IBM security patch for CVE-2008-0586, the system is vulnerable.
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Check if bos.clvm.enh fileset is installedRun 'lslpp -h bos.clvm.enh' to see the installed version and patch level of this filesetAffected if The fileset is installed without the IBM security patch for CVE-2008-0586, the system is vulnerable.
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Verify vulnerable LVM binaries existCheck for the presence of binaries lchangevg, ldeletepv, putlvodm, lvaryoffvg, lvgenminor using 'which' or 'ls' commands in /usr/sbinAffected if Any of these binaries exist on an unpatched AIX 5.2/5.3 system, the vulnerability is present.
A system is affected if it runs AIX 5.2 or 5.3 with unpatched versions of bos.rte.lvm or bos.clvm.enh filesets containing the vulnerable LVM binaries.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM AIX security patches for CVE-2008-0586 to the bos.rte.lvm and bos.clvm.enh filesets, or restrict local user access to vulnerable LVM binaries until patching is feasible.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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