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IBM AIX named8 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22102
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Release Date:
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2006-09-26
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Last Update:
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2006-09-29
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Popularity:
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6,858 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | AIX 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5003
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in named8. This can be exploited by users in the "system" group to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Solution:
Apply APARs.
AIX 5.2.0:
Apply IY76102.
AIX 5.3.0:
Apply IY76483.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-09-29: Added CVE reference.
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