AIX 5.3 TL 5 / 5.3 TL 6 : bos.net.snapp (U809493)

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U809493, which is related to the security of the package bos.net.snapp. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from AIX Security PTF U809493. The text itself is copyright C...

CVE-2006-5011

CVE-2006-5011 affects IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 where the snappd service has an untrusted search path allowing local users to execute arbitrary commands via a Trojan horse program (involving the system subroutine). Connected sources confirm this is a local-privilege issue in the bos.net.snapp compo...