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IBM AIX "utape" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22119
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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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7,284 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 Workaround
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| OS: | AIX 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5008
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerabilities are due to unspecified errors in the "utape" command. These can be exploited by users that have the "Diagnostics" role and are in the "system" group to overwrite arbitrary system files, or to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Solution:
Apply Interim fixes until APARs are available.
Interim fix:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/utape_ifix.tar.Z
APAR for AIX 5.2.0:
Apply IY88641 (available approx. 2006-10-18).
APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
Apply IY88642 (available approx. 2006-11-01).
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-09-29: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88641
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88642
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