PT-2008-3152 · Ibm · Ibm Aix

Published 2008-03-31 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2008-1596

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 version 6.1

Description The issue is related to the Trusted Execution in IBM AIX, where an incorrect pathname argument is used in a call to the trustchk block write function. This might allow local users to modify trusted files due to missing checks in the TSD FILES LOCK policy for modifications performed via hard links.

Recommendations For IBM AIX version 6.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1596

Affected Products

Ibm Aix

References · 8

• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ13418 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28467 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1596 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606 · Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153 · Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155 · Note
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865 · Note