IBM AIX ERRPT Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:5885

Info

IBM AIX ERRPT Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5885
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 27 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 27 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was discovered by IBM.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.3.3
IBM AIX 4.3.2
IBM AIX 4.3.1
IBM AIX 4.3
IBM AIX 5.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX ERRPT Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The IBM AIX errpt command is prone to a locally exploitable buffer overflow condition. It is possible to exploit this condition to execute arbitrary attacker-supplied instructions with root privileges.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX ERRPT Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following proof of concept exploit was provided:

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX ERRPT Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has provided fixes for IBM AIX 4.3.3 and 5.1.0:


IBM AIX 5.1

IBM AIX 4.3

IBM AIX 4.3.1

IBM AIX 4.3.2

IBM AIX 4.3.3

References

IBM AIX ERRPT Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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