Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM AIX, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service [...]

Solution

IBM AIX 5.2.0 - Apply APARs IY94739, IY98506 (available approx. 11/27/07), IY91132, IZ02717 (available approx. 10/31/07), IY98819 (available approx. 10/31/07), IY97215, and IZ00997 (available approx. 10/31/07).

IBM AIX 5.3.0 - Apply APARs IY94761, IY97233, IY98506 (available approx. 11/27/07), IY91145, IY97309, IZ02718 (available approx. 11/27/07), IY98804 (available approx. 11/27/07), IY95852, and IZ00997 (available approx. 11/27/07).

Or apply interim fixes :

ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/fc_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ib_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/mkpath_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perfstat_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/svprint_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/swcons_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/uucp200707_ifix.tar.Z
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/xlplm_ifix.tar.Z

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-09-06 : Initial release

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