AIX lchangelv Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:389

Info

AIX lchangelv Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 389
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-1999-0122
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 21 1997 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 17 2007 10:06AM
Credit: This bug was posted to tbe Bugtraq mailing list by Bryan P. Self <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Jul 1997.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.2
IBM AIX 4.1.5
IBM AIX 4.1.4
IBM AIX 4.1.3
IBM AIX 4.1.2
IBM AIX 4.1.1
IBM AIX 4.1
Not Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.3.2
IBM AIX 4.3
IBM AIX 4.2.1
IBM AIX 3.2.5
IBM AIX 3.2.4
IBM AIX 3.2

Discussion

AIX lchangelv Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow can occur in lchangelv under some versions of AIX. Note that an attacker must already have the GID or EGID of 'system' to execute lchangelv.

Because lchangelv is SUID root, this overflow will grant the attacker root privileges.

Exploit / POC

AIX lchangelv Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available.

Solution / Fix

AIX lchangelv Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM has made the following APARs available to address this problem:

AIX 4.2
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APAR # IX64204

AIX 4.1
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APAR # IX64203

References

AIX lchangelv Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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