The FC client in IBM's AIX contains a buffer overflow that may cause a core dump in the client.
The IBM AIX FC client allows a buffer overflow of a few bytes in the client process, which could cause intermittent core dumps during session setup. Overflowing the buffer is difficult or impossible without local, privileged access to the client.
Exploitation of this vulnerability causes the FC client to crash.
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Notified: April 22, 2002 Updated: June 06, 2002
Affected
"The commands and their arguments are not accessible by ordinary users, and it is unlikely an exploit could be crafted in any case.
"Customers who use AIX v4.3.x need only to apply APAR# 27310 to eliminate the buffer overflow."
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.
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<http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0009.html>
Thanks to IBM for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.
CVE IDs: | None
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Severity Metric: | 2.36
Date Public: | 2002-03-28
Date First Published: | 2002-09-16
Date Last Updated: | 2002-12-10 23:08 UTC
Document Revision: | 9