CVE-2009-2727
highpriority · attend · 56EPSS 0.267 · 98 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _tt_internal_realpath function in the ToolTalk library (libtt.a) in IBM AIX 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7 through 5.3.10, and 6.1.0 through 6.1.3, when the rpc.ttdbserver daemon is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long XDR-encoded ASCII string to remote procedure 15.
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exploits (2)
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affected products (17)
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references (30)
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- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libtt_advisory.ascenisa_euvd
- http://risesecurity.org/advisories/RISE-2009001.txtenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35505enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52842enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52843enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52844enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52845enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ52846enisa_euvd
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