AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.printers (U809751)

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U809751, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.printers. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from AIX Security PTF U809751. The text itself is copyright C...

CVE-2007-4236

CVE-2007-4236 describes a buffer overflow in the LPD component of the bos.rte.printers package on IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 that can allow local users with printq group privileges to obtain root privileges. The vulnerability affects the lpd/bos.rte.printers stack/heap handling as described in the CVE e...