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IBM AIX xlock Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22098
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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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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-2006-5009 (Secunia mirror)
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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 due to a unspecified boundary error in xlock. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and allows arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
Solution:
Apply Interim fixes until APARs are available.
Interim fix:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/xlock_ifix.tar.Z
APAR for AIX 5.2.0:
Apply IY87943 (available).
APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
Apply IY87894 (available approx. 2006-10-04).
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=isg1IY87943
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY87894
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