CVE-2008-0584: IBM Aix

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

Multiple buffer overflows in bos.rte.control in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to the (1) swap, (2) swapoff, and (3) swapon programs.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2008-02-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.