AIX Source Code Browser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:590

Info

AIX Source Code Browser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 590
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 18 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 18 1999 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list as an IBM-ERS advisory on Tue, 17 Aug 1999.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 3.2.5
IBM AIX 3.2.4
IBM AIX 3.2
IBM AIX 3.1
IBM AIX 2.2.1
Not Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.3.2
IBM AIX 4.3.1
IBM AIX 4.3
IBM AIX 4.2.1
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

Discussion

AIX Source Code Browser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the Source Code Browser's Program Database Name Server Daemon (pdnsd) of versions 2 and 3 of IBM's C Set ++ for AIX. This vulnerability allows local and remote users to gain root access.

Solution / Fix

AIX Source Code Browser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM C Set ++ for AIX versions 2 and 3 are no longer supported and no APAR will be issued. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to a later compiler version.

References

AIX Source Code Browser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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