Aix Security Vulnerabilities - January

CVE-2002-0679

Buffer overflow in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument to the _TT_CREATE_FILE procedure.

CVE-2002-0742

Buffer overflow in pioout on AIX 4.3.3.

CVE-2002-0743

mail and mailx in AIX 4.3.3 core dump when called with a very long argument, an indication of a buffer overflow.

CVE-2002-0744

namerslv in AIX 4.3.3 core dumps when called with a very long argument, possibly as a result of a buffer overflow.

CVE-2002-0745

Buffer overflow in uucp in AIX 4.3.3.

CVE-2002-0746

Vulnerability in template.dhcpo in AIX 4.3.3 related to an insecure linker argument.

CVE-2002-0747

Buffer overflow in lsmcode in AIX 4.3.3.

CVE-2002-0790

clchkspuser and clpasswdremote in AIX expose an encrypted password in the cspoc.log file, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

CVE-2002-1040

Unknown vulnerability in the WebSecure (DFSWeb) configuration utilities in AIX 4.x, possibly related to relative pathnames.

CVE-2002-1041

Unknown vulnerability in DCE (1) SMIT panels and (2) configuration commands, possibly related to relative pathnames.

CVE-2002-1201

IBM AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set, which prevents AIX from releasing the associated memory buffers.

CVE-2002-1468

Buffer overflow in errpt in AIX 4.3.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root.

CVE-2002-1548

Unknown vulnerability in autofs on AIX 4.3.0, when using executable maps, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root, possibly related to "string handling around how the executable map is called."

CVE-2002-1550

dump_smutil.sh in IBM AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVE-2002-1551

Buffer overflow in nslookup in IBM AIX may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2002-1619

Buffer overflow in the FC client for IBM AIX 4.3.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and core dump).

CVE-2002-1621

Buffer overflow in the file_comp function in rcp for IBM AIX 4.3.x and 5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2002-1622

Buffer overflow in certain RPC routines in IBM AIX 4.3 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to a "variable data type."

CVE-2002-1686

Buffer overflow in lscfg of unknown versions of AIX has unknown impact.

CVE-2002-1687

Buffer overflow in the diagnostics library in AIX allows local users to "cause data and instructions to be overwritten" via a long DIAGNOSTICS environment variable.

CVE-2002-1689

Unknown vulnerability in the login program on AIX before 4.0 could allow remote users to specify 100 or more environment variables when logging on, which exceeds the length of a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

CVE-2002-1690

Unknown vulnerability in AIX before 4.0 with unknown attack vectors and unknown impact, aka "security issue," as fixed by APAR IY28225.

CVE-2003-0028

Integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived from SunRPC, including libnsl, libc, glibc, and dietlibc, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain integer values in length fields, a differ...

CVE-2003-0064

The dtterm terminal emulator allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary...

CVE-2003-0119

The secldapclntd daemon in AIX 4.3, 5.1 and 5.2 uses an Internet socket when communicating with the loadmodule, which allows remote attackers to directly connect to the daemon and conduct unauthorized activities.

CVE-2003-0170

Unknown vulnerability in ftpd in IBM AIX 5.2, when configured to use Kerberos 5 for authentication, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.

CVE-2003-0257

Format string vulnerability in the printer capability for IBM AIX .3, 5.1, and 5.2 allows local users to gain printq or root privileges.

CVE-2003-0285

IBM AIX 5.2 and earlier distributes Sendmail with a configuration file (sendmail.cf) with the (1) promiscuous_relay, (2) accept_unresolvable_domains, and (3) accept_unqualified_senders features enabled, which allows Sendmail to be used as an open mail relay for sending spam e-mail.

CVE-2003-0681

A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the nonstandard rulesets (1) recipient (2), final, or (3) mailer-specific envelope recipients, has unknown consequences.

CVE-2003-0694

The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated using the parseaddr function in parseaddr.c.

CVE-2003-0696

The getipnodebyname() API in AIX 5.1 and 5.2 does not properly close sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion).

CVE-2003-0697

Format string vulnerability in lpd in the bos.rte.printers fileset for AIX 4.3 through 5.2, with debug enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain root privileges.

CVE-2003-0784

Format string vulnerability in tsm for the bos.rte.security fileset on AIX 5.2 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via login, and local users to gain privileges via login, su, or passwd, with a username that contains format string specifiers.

CVE-2003-0914

ISC BIND 8.3.x before 8.3.7, and 8.4.x before 8.4.3, allows remote attackers to poison the cache via a malicious name server that returns negative responses with a large TTL (time-to-live) value.

CVE-2003-0954

Buffer overflow in rcp for AIX 4.3.3, 5.1 and 5.2 allows local users to gain privileges.

CVE-2003-1018

Format string vulnerability in enq command in AIX 4.3, 5.1, and 5.2 allows local users with rintq group privileges to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.

CVE-2004-0243

AIX 4.3.3 through AIX 5.1, when direct remote login is disabled, displays a different message if the password is correct, which allows remote attackers to guess the password via brute force methods.

CVE-2004-0368

Double free vulnerability in dtlogin in CDE on Solaris, HP-UX, and other operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XDMCP packet.

CVE-2004-0544

Multiple buffer overflows in LVM for AIX 5.1 and 5.2 allow local users to gain privileges via the (1) putlvcb or (2) getlvcb commands.

CVE-2004-0545

LVM for AIX 5.1 and 5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVE-2004-0828

The ctstrtcasd program in RSCT 2.3.0.0 and earlier on IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly drop privileges before executing the -f option, which allows local users to modify or create arbitrary files.

CVE-2004-1028

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in chcod on AIX IBM 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "grep" program, which is executed from chcod.

CVE-2004-1054

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in invscout in IBM AIX 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "uname" program, which is executed from lsvpd after lsvpd has been invoked by invscout.

CVE-2004-1329

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the diag commands (1) lsmcode, (2) diag_exec, (3) invscout, and (4) invscoutd in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to a malicious Dctrl program.

CVE-2004-1330

Buffer overflow in paginit in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long username.

CVE-2004-2312

Buffer overflow in GNU make for IBM AIX 4.3.3, when installed setgid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long CC argument.

CVE-2004-2388

rexecd for AIX 4.3.3 does not properly use a local copy of the pwd structure when calling getpwnam, which may cause the structure to be overwritten by the authenticate function and assign privileges to the wrong user.

CVE-2004-2697

The Inventory Scout daemon (invscoutd) 1.3.0.0 and 2.0.2 for AIX 4.3.3 and 5.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a command line argument (log file). NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2006-5002.

CVE-2005-0156

Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to execute arbitrary code by setting the PERLIO_DEBUG variable and executing a Perl script whose full pathname contains a long directory tree.

CVE-2005-0240

Format string vulnerability in chdev on IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument, which is not properly handled when printing an error message.