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IBM AIX "swcons" Command Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA31739

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Release Date:

2008-09-04

Last Update:

2008-09-11

Popularity:

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Critical:

Not critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

AIX 5.x
AIX 6.x

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Solution:
Apply fixes or APARs as soon as they become available.

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_fix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_fix.tar

AIX 5.2.0:
APAR IZ18335

AIX 5.3.0:
APAR IZ18339 (10/29/2008)

AIX 5.3.7:
APAR IZ18338 (10/29/2008)

AIX 5.3.8:
APAR IZ18334 (10/29/2008)

AIX 6.1.0:
APAR IZ18341 (11/19/2008)

AIX 6.1.1:
APAR IZ28943 (11/19/2008)

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2008-09-11: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_advisory.asc

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18335
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18339
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18338
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18334
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ18341
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ28943

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