[SA22105] IBM AIX uucp Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

TITLE:
IBM AIX uucp Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22105

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
AIX 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/213/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in uucp. This
can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands with uucp privileges.

SOLUTION:
Apply Interim fixes until APARs are available.

Interim fix:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/uucp_ifix.tar.Z

AIX 5.2.0:
Apply IY88565 (available).

AIX 5.3.0:
Apply IY88614 (available approx. 2006-10-04).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88565
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88614

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