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IBM AIX lpd Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9788
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Release Date:
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2003-09-19
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Popularity:
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7,563 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | AIX 4.x
AIX 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2003-0697
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Description:
IBM has reported a vulnerability in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the lpd service. Users with "printq" group privileges can exploit this to execute arbitrary code with "root" privileges.
The vulnerability affects AIX versions 4.3, 5.1, and 5.2.
Solution:
IBM has issued APARs:
AIX 4.3.3 (IY45250):
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/rs6k/fixdb.html
AIX 5.1.0 (IY46256):
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.fdc
AIX 5.2.0 (IY45344):
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.fdc
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