7996 : IBM AIX libIM Library for NLS Multiple Vector Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
2	561	over 7 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Vendor Solution Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2003-01-28	2003-01-29	2003-02-11	2003-02-12	2003-02-12

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
14 days	1 days

Description

A local overflow exists in IBM AIX library libIM. The library functions fails to validate input using the input methods "im" parameter resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request to applications using this library, an attacker can cause execution of code resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade AIX using the patch numbers AIX 4.3.3: APAR IY40307, AIX 5.1: APAR IY40317 and AIX 5.2: APAR IY40320 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

International Business Machines Corporation	AIX	4.3.3
		5.1
		5.2

References

ISS X-Force ID: 11309
Related OSVDB ID: 1678
CVE ID: 2003-0087 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 6840
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0199.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/MSS/MSS-OAR-E01-2003.0141.1
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY40307
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY40317
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY40320
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=18&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5WP0B0U95O.html

Credit

Euan Briggs - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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