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CVE-2008-1594
The kernel in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly handle resizing JFS2 filesystems on concurrent volume groups spread across multiple…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.36%
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- mitre
Description
The kernel in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly handle resizing JFS2 filesystems on concurrent volume groups spread across multiple nodes, which allows local users of one node to cause a denial of service (remote node crash) by using chfs or lreducelv to reduce a filesystem's size.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28467 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1019606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- IZ04953 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ04946 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- IZ05246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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)
- 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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