IBM AIX 'ps' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:27434

Info

IBM AIX 'ps' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27434
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0589
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 22 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: Andrea "bunker" Purificato is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 6.1
IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX 'ps' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to gain access to potentially sensitive information. This may help in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX 'ps' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX 'ps' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.

References

IBM AIX 'ps' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

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