CVE-2003-0697: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in lpd in the bos.rte.printers fileset for AIX 4.3 through 5.2, with debug enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain root privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.3 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only

Published 2003-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.