IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 devices.common.ibm.atm.rte memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file devices.common.ibm.atm.rte. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4237. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file devices.common.ibm.atm.rte. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the atm subset in arp in devices.common.IBM.atm.rte in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain root privileges.

The bug was discovered 07/26/2007. The weakness was released 07/27/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4237 since 08/08/2007. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1724 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28770 (AIX 5.2 TL 10 : devices.common.IBM.atm.rte (U809767)), 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.

A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35643), Tenable (28770), SecurityFocus (BID 25071†), OSVDB (36783†) and Secunia (SA26219†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-38237, VDB-38235, VDB-38033 and VDB-38032. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 28770
Nessus Name: AIX 5.2 TL 10 : devices.common.IBM.atm.rte (U809767)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38236
X-Force: 35643
SecurityFocus: 25071 - IBM ARP Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 26219
OSVDB: 36783 - IBM AIX devices.common.IBM.atm.rte arp ATM subset Local Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018463
Vulnerability Center: 20450 - IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 arp Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Allows Local Privilege Escalation, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2678

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 08/23/2019 16:13
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (71), 08/23/2019 16:13 (10)
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