CVE-2007-4236: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in lpd in bos.rte.printers in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users with printq group privileges to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2007-08-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.