IBM AIX chfs Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:26670

Info

IBM AIX chfs Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26670
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 01 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 03 2007 06:23PM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX chfs Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the remote nodes of a concurrent volume group, denying further service to legitimate users.

This issue affects IBM AIX 5.3.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX chfs Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by gaining local interactive access to the affected computer.

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX chfs Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates and an advisory to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM AIX chfs Command Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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