IBM AIX 4.2.1 portmir Buffer Overflow & Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/385/info AIX version 4.2.1 introduced a new command titled 'portmir'. This new program had two notable vulnerabilites. First it contained a buffer overflow which allowed malicious users to obtain root privileges. Secondly...

CVE-1999-1013

CVE-1999-1013 affects AIX 4.1.5 and 4.2.1 via the named-xfer component. A flaw allows members of the system group to overwrite system files and gain root access by abusing the -f parameter together with a malformed zone file. Root cause is improper validation of file operations and zone-file pars...