PT-2007-5938 · Ibm · Ibm Aix

Published 2007-09-10 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-4798

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.6

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description: The issue allows local users to delete system files based on the final substring of a hostname alias. For example, hostnames ending in "unix" can be used to delete system files with matching names.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4798

Affected Products

Ibm Aix

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4798 · Security Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3847 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25556 · Patch
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3846 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26715 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36447 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/40393 · Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98506 · Patch, Vendor Advisory