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CVE-2008-3389
Stack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.44%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the libbecompat library in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges by setting a long value of an environment variable before running (1) verifydb, (2) iimerge, or (3) csreport.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 1020615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080801 Ingres Database for Linux libbecompat Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31398 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31357 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ingres-libbecompat-bo(44179) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080806 CA Products That Embed Ingres Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3375 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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