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IBM AIX Perl Interpreter Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14345
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Release Date:
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2005-02-21
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Last Update:
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2005-06-12
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Popularity:
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6,960 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-2005-0155
CVE-2005-0156
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Description:
IBM has acknowledged two vulnerabilities in the perl interpreter in AIX. These can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA14120
The vulnerabilities affect AIX 5.2 and AIX 5.3.
Solution:
Apply APARs.
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/pseries/aixfixes.html
APAR for AIX 5.2.0:
IY68464 (currently available)
APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
IY68463 (currently available)
Changelog:
2005-03-01: Added APAR information in "Solution" section.
2005-06-12: Updated "Solution" section.
Other References:
SA14120:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14120/
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