CVE-2009-4361 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the qoslist component of IBM AIX 6.1. These flaws allow local attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially escalate privileges by supplying overly long string arguments. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with no authentication required, leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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