IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 bellmail sendrmt memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3. This issue affects the function sendrmt of the component bellmail. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2007-4623. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 (Operating System). This affects the function sendrmt of the component bellmail. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendrmt function in bellmail in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the m command.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2007. The weakness was shared 11/05/2007 by Joshua J. Drake (iDefense) with VeriSign iDefense Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at www14.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4623 since 08/30/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, 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 1756 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28980 (AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.net.tcp.client (U812065)), 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 (38150), Tenable (28980), SecurityFocus (BID 26257†), OSVDB (40402†) and Secunia (SA27437†). The entries VDB-3421, VDB-3428, VDB-3427 and VDB-3424 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 28980
Nessus Name: AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.net.tcp.client (U812065)
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10/01/2002 🔍
05/11/2007 +1683 days 🔍
07/23/2007 +73 days 🔍
08/30/2007 +38 days 🔍
10/25/2007 +56 days 🔍
10/30/2007 +5 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: www14.software.ibm.com
Researcher: Joshua J. Drake (iDefense)
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4623 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4623
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39549

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X-Force: 38150
SecurityFocus: 26257 - IBM AIX bellmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 27437
OSVDB: 40402 - IBM - AIX - bellmail Local - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018871
Vulnerability Center: 20437 - IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 bellmail Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Local Code Execution, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-3669

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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/23/2019 14:39
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (73), 08/23/2019 14:39 (12)
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