AIX 5.2 TL 9 / 5.2 TL 10 : bos.net.uucp (U808255)

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U808255, which is related to the security of the package bos.net.uucp. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from AIX Security PTF U808255. The text itself is copyright C...

CVE-2006-5007

CVE-2006-5007 affects IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0, where the uucp component has an untrusted search path vulnerability that can allow local privilege escalation via a Trojan horse using uux. Affected package is bos.net.uucp; root cause relates to insecure path handling in the uucp utilities. Impact i...