IBM AIX IPL_Varyon Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:12516

Info

IBM AIX IPL_Varyon Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12516
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0262
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 10 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: iDEFENSE Labs is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
IBM AIX 5.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX IPL_Varyon Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A local buffer overflow vulnerability reportedly affects IBMs AIX 'ipl_varyon' utility. This issue is due to a failure of the application to securely copy user-supplied data into finite process buffers.

A local attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on an affected computer with superuser privileges, facilitating privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX IPL_Varyon Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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