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IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28609
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Release Date:
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2008-01-24
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Last Update:
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2008-05-22
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Popularity:
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7,373 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | AIX 5.x
AIX 6.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5764
CVE-2008-0584
CVE-2008-0585
CVE-2008-0586
CVE-2008-0587
CVE-2008-0588
CVE-2008-0589
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, manipulate certain files, or gain escalated privileges.
1) A boundary error in the pioout command can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
2) An unspecified error in the ps command allows users to access potentially sensitive information from an arbitrary process.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7, and 6.1.0.
3) Boundary errors in the uspchrp and utape commands can be exploited by users in the 'system' group to cause a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 5.2.0, 5.3.0, and 5.3.7.
4) Boundary errors in the lchangevg, ldeletepv, putlvodm, lvaryoffvg, lvgenminor, swap, swapoff, and swapon commands can be exploited by users in the 'system' group to cause a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
5) The problem is that some of the WebSM Remote Client files are installed with world-writable permissions, which can be exploited to e.g. write to the installed files.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 5.2 and 5.3.
Solution:
Apply interim fixes or APARs as soon as they become available:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pioout_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ps_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/uspchrp_fix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/utape_fix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lvm_ifix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/websm_linux_fix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swap_fix.tar
-- APARs --
AIX 5.2.0:
IZ10840
IZ11242 (available approximately 14/05/2008)
IZ06261
IZ06260
IZ00559
IZ10828 (available approximately 07/05/2008)
IY96095
Vulnerability #5 is reportedly fixed in 5.2 TL10.
AIX 5.3.0:
IZ10841
IZ12745 (available approximately 30/04/2008)
IZ06621
IZ06620
IY98331
IY98340
IY99537
IY97257
IY96101
AIX 5.3.7:
IZ10842
IZ11243 (available approximately 30/04/2008)
IZ06489
IZ06488
AIX 6.1.0:
IZ10844
IZ11244 (available approximately 20/02/2008)
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
1) iDefense Labs
2) Andrea "bunker" Purificato
3-5) Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-01-25: Added link to iDefense Labs.
2008-02-07: Added CVE reference.
2008-03-12: Updated availability for IZ10828 in "Solution" section. Added links to IBM.
2008-05-22: Updated availability for IZ10840, IZ10841, IZ10842, IZ10843, and IZ10844 in "Solution" section. Added additional IBM link.
Original Advisory:
IBM:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4078
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4075
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4072
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4070
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4068
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4066
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4064
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4168
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4169
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pioout_advisory.asc
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=648
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