IBM AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1 ps memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component ps. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-5764. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component ps. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is 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 presented 01/24/2008 by Andrea Purificato (iDefense) with iDEFENSE Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www14.software.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5764 since 10/31/2007. The attack needs to approached within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1940 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116284 (IBM AIX pioout Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

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), Tenable (31008), SecurityFocus (BID 27428†), OSVDB (66254†) and Secunia (SA28609†). See VDB-3566, VDB-3562, VDB-3564 and VDB-3565 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 31008
Nessus Name: AIX 5.3 TL 7 : printers.rte (U815841)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/31/2007 +1856 days 🔍
01/22/2008 +83 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www14.software.ibm.com
Researcher: Andrea Purificato (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5764 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5764
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3563

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X-Force: 39912 - IBM AIX pioout command buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 27428 - IBM AIX 'pioout' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 28609 - IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 66254 - IBM AIX printers.rte pioout Unspecified Command-Line Option Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1019264
Vupen: ADV-2008-0261

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/01/2008 13:51
Updated: 06/02/2025 07:38
Changes: 02/01/2008 13:51 (85), 04/27/2019 16:31 (7), 06/02/2025 07:38 (18)
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