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IBM "chcons" Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA17380
Release Date: 2005-10-31
Last Update: 2006-01-19
Popularity: 7,294 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Unknown
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:AIX 5.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in AIX, which has an unknown impact.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "chcons" command. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long input argument.

Successful exploitation requires that "DEBUG MALLOC" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been reported in AIX 5.2 and 5.3.

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