PT-2007-5410 · Ibm · Aix

Published 2007-11-05 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-4217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM AIX versions 5.2 through 5.3

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the domacro function in ftp. This allows local users to gain privileges via a long parameter to a macro. An example of exploitation is executing a macro via the '$' command.

Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 5.2 through 5.3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4217

Affected Products

Aix

References · 11

• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200709%2FSECURITY%2F20070905%2Fdatafile101815 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26260 · Patch
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05488 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05487 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27437 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftp_ifix.tar · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4217 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38162 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=616 · Note