CVE-2009-0779: IBM Aix

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

Buffer overflow in pppdial in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "input string."

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.3 only; version 6.1 only

Published 2009-03-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.