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>> IBM AIX Multiple Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Title : IBM AIX Multiple Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3274
CVE ID : CVE-2008-5384 - CVE-2008-5385 - CVE-2008-5386 - CVE-2008-5387
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-11-27


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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM AIX, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges.

The first issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the setuid root program "/usr/sbin/ndp", which could allow malicious users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

The second vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow error in the privileged command "/usr/sbin/autoconf6", which could allow malicious users to gain elevated privileges if RBAC (role based access control) is in use and a user has the "aix.network.config.tcpip" authorization.

The third issue is caused by a design error in the privileged command "/usr/bin/enq", which could remove any file on the system if a print queue is defined in "/etc/qconfig".

The fourth vulnerability is caused by an unspecified error in the privileged command "/usr/bin/crontab", which could be exploited by a user who has the "aix.system.config.cron" authorization to gain elevated privileges.

Affected Products

IBM AIX 6.1

Solution

Apply fix :
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_fix.tar

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3274
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_advisory.asc
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35181
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34753
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34785
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34783
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35170
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34393
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34481
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ34478
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ35209
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ30231
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ33088
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ30248

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2008-11-27 : Initial release

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