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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component lchangevg/ldeletepv/putlvodm/lvaryoffvg/lvgenminor/swap/swapoff/swapon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Buffer overflow in the pioout program in printers.rte in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line option.
The issue has been introduced in 10/01/2002. The weakness was published 01/24/2008 by iDefense Labs with IBM (Website). The advisory is shared at www14.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-5764 since 10/31/2007. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1898 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31008 (AIX 5.3 TL 7 : printers.rte (U815841)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39912) and Tenable (31008). Similar entries are available at 3566, 3562, 3563 and 3564.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 31008
Nessus Name: AIX 5.3 TL 7 : printers.rte (U815841)
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: www14.software.ibm.com
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: IBM
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5764 (🔍)
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X-Force: 39912
SecurityTracker: 1019264
SecurityFocus: 27428 - IBM AIX 'pioout' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 28609 - IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-0261
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Entry
Created: 02/01/2008 13:51Updated: 04/24/2019 16:50
Changes: 02/01/2008 13:51 (84), 04/24/2019 16:50 (2)
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