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CVE-2008-3389

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.44%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-08-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2008-3389
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.44%
Linux

Original NVD 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.