GHSA-r6ww-5h8f-3m8g

GHSA-r6ww-5h8f-3m8g PUBLISHED

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 3, 2022

Integer underflow in the dns_name_fromtext function in (1) libdns_nonsecure.a and (2) libdns_secure.a in IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted "-y" (TSIG key) command line argument to dig.

Timeline

May 3, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-r6ww-5h8f-3m8g
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-r6ww-5h8f-3m8g

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-r6ww-5h8f-3m8g/fixes/registry"

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References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669 url
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38169 url
http://secunia.com/advisories/27437 url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26262 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4622 advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=613 url
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871 url
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05017 url

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