IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-4513. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allow local users to gain privileges via a long argument to the (1) "-p" option to lqueryvg or (2) the "-V" option to lquerypv.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2007. The weakness was released 11/05/2007 by iDefense Labs with VeriSign iDefense Labs (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-4513 since 08/23/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1819 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28978 (AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.lvm (U812063)), 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 (38165), Tenable (28978), SecurityFocus (BID 26259†), OSVDB (40405†) and Secunia (SA27437†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3421, VDB-3428, VDB-3427 and VDB-3424. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 28978
Nessus Name: AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.lvm (U812063)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/01/2002 🔍
05/11/2007 +1683 days 🔍
08/23/2007 +104 days 🔍
09/24/2007 +32 days 🔍
10/30/2007 +36 days 🔍
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11/05/2007 +6 days 🔍
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12/03/2007 +28 days 🔍
01/12/2009 +406 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2254 days 🔍
08/23/2019 +1621 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4513 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4513
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39546

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X-Force: 38165
SecurityFocus: 26259 - IBM AIX lquerypv Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 27437
OSVDB: 40405 - IBM AIX lqueryvg utility sprintf function buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018871
Vulnerability Center: 20442 - IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 Multiple Stack-Based Buffer Overflows Allow Local Privilege Escalation, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-3669

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/23/2019 15:19
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (70), 08/23/2019 15:19 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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