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IBM Informix Products Insecure Permissions and Temporary File Creation
Secunia Advisory: SA22609
Release Date: 2006-10-31
Last Update: 2006-11-08
Popularity: 8,451 views

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

Software:IBM Informix Client Software Development Kit (CSDK) 2.x
IBM Informix Connect 2.x
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.x

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Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems and use the "-log" option when performing the installation to create the temporary files in a secure directory.

The vulnerabilities will reportedly be fixed in the following versions:

-- IBM Informix Dynamic Server --
Solaris Opteron, Linux zSeries: Version 10.00.xC5R1
All others: Version 10.00.xC6

-- IBM Informix CSDK --
Solaris Opteron, Linux zSeries: Version 2.90.xC4R1
All others: Version 2.90.xC7

-- IBM Informix Connect --
Solaris Opteron, Linux zSeries: Version 2.90.xC4R1
All others: Version 2.90.xC7

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2006-11-08: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247438

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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