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IBM AIX "utape" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA22119
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Release Date: 2006-09-26
Last Update: 2006-09-29
Popularity: 8,653 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:AIX 5.x
Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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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