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IBM AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA27437
Release Date: 2007-10-31
Last Update: 2008-09-11
Popularity: 7,844 views

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

OS:AIX 5.x

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

Solution:
Apply interim fixes or APARs as soon as they become available:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/unixservers/aixfixes.html

Interim fixes:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bellmail_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lquerypv_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lqueryvg_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/dig_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/crontab_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cfgcon_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/tftp_ifix.tar

AIX 5.2.0:
APAR IZ05066
APAR IZ05487
APAR IZ05877
APAR IZ05349
APAR IZ05017
APAR IZ04832
APAR IZ03055
APAR IZ03054

AIX 5.3.0:
APAR IZ05065/IZ05568
APAR IZ05488/IZ06075
APAR IZ05971/IZ06079
APAR IZ05129/IZ05200
APAR IZ03061/IZ02851
APAR IZ03060/IZ03392
APAR IZ05053/IZ06074

Provided and/or discovered by:
1-2) Joshua J. Drake, VeriSign iDefense Labs
3-4) Sean Larsson, VeriSign iDefense Labs
5) Anonymous researcher, reported via iDefense Labs
6) Anonymous researcher, reported via iDefense Labs
7) Alex DeLarge, reported via iDefense Labs
8) Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-11-07: Added CVE reference.
2007-12-12: Updated "Solution" section. Added APARs for AIX 5.3.0.
2008-09-11: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
IBM:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...3&topic=SECURITY&month=200710
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...2&topic=SECURITY&month=200710

iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=617
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=615
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=614
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=613
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=612
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=611

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