IBM AIX bellmail race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component bellmail. Such manipulation leads to race condition. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX (Operating System) (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component bellmail. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was presented 11/20/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-1.ibm.com. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 4 years, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13479), Exploit-DB (1001), SecurityFocus (BID 8805†) and OSVDB (16735†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

11/19/2001 🔍
11/20/2001 +0 days 🔍
05/19/2005 +1275 days 🔍
05/22/2005 +3 days 🔍
04/18/2016 +3983 days 🔍
10/12/2018 +907 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-1.ibm.com
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82508
X-Force: 13479
SecurityFocus: 8805 - IBM AIX Bellmail Race Condition Vulnerability
OSVDB: 16735 - IBM AIX bellmail Race Condition Privilege Escalation

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 04/18/2016 13:11
Updated: 10/12/2018 08:17
Changes: 04/18/2016 13:11 (43), 10/12/2018 08:17 (8)
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