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IBM AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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SA26219

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Release Date:

2007-07-27

Last Update:

2007-12-12

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

AIX 5.x

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Solution:
Apply interim fixes or APARs as soon as they become available:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pioout_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/capture_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpgets_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lpd_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pioinit_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/atm_ifix.tar.Z

AIX 5.2.0:
APAR IZ01121
APAR IZ01135
APAR IZ01812
APAR IY98560
APAR IY79785
APAR IZ00521

AIX 5.3.0:
APAR IZ01122/IZ00988
APAR IZ01134/IZ02538
APAR IZ01813/IZ01993
APAR IY98339/IY98457
APAR IY79786
APAR IZ01535/IZ00510

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.
2) Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.
3) Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.
4)-6) Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-08-09: Added CVE reference.
2007-09-19: Reversed APARS IZ01134 and IZ01135 in "Solution" section based on additional information from IBM.
2007-12-12: Updated "Solution" section and added additional vendor links.

Original Advisory:
IBM:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01134
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01135
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ02538
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01993
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ00521
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01121

iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=569
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=570
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571

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