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IBM AIX Perl Regular Expressions Unicode Data Buffer Overflow

Secunia Advisory:	SA28167
Release Date:	2007-12-19
Last Update:	2008-03-12

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	DoS System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	AIX 5.x AIX 6.x


CVE reference:	CVE-2007-5116 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in AIX, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. For more information: SA27546 The vulnerability affects AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1. Solution: Apply interim fix. ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_ifix.tar Apply APARs as soon as they become available. AIX 5.2: APAR IZ10220 (available approximately 05/14/2008) AIX 5.3 through TL06: APAR IZ10244 AIX 5.3 TL07: APAR IZ10245 AIX 6.1: APAR IZ10245 NOTE: The vendor has updated the interim fix with PTFs for APARs IY98394 and IY98395 on 2007-12-19. Apply the new interim fix (please see IBM Security Advisory). Changelog: 2007-12-20: Updated "Solution" section with information about updated interim fix. 2008-03-12: Updated "Solution" section. APARs IZ10244 and IZ10245 are reportedly available. Added links to IBM. Original Advisory: IBM: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4170 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4171 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4172 ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README Other References: SA27546: http://secunia.com/advisories/27546/



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