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AIX "man" Insecure Program Execution Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:	SA29301
Release Date:	2008-03-10
Last Update:	2008-03-12

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

OS:	AIX 5.x AIX 6.x


CVE reference:	CVE-2008-1274 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: A vulnerability has been reported in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The problem is that "man" invokes other binaries without full pathnames. This may be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a user running "man" by placing a malicious program in the path. Solution: Apply APARs. AIX 5.3.0: Apply APARs IZ17360 / IZ17390. AIX 6.1.0: Apply APARs IZ17177 / IZ17372. Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Changelog: 2008-03-12: Added CVE reference. Added AIX 5.x to list of affected products. Updated Solution with additional APARs for AIX 5.3.0 and 6.1.0. Added links to IBM Original Advisory: IBM: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17177 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17372 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17360 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17390



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