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TITLE:
IBM AIX Inventory Scout Data Manipulation and File Deletion
Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47222

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-14

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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM AIX, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate certain data and
perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

1) An error within inventory scout can be exploited to manipulate
certain files via symlink attacks.

2) An unspecified error within inventory scout can be exploited to
delete certain system files.

The vulnerabilities are reported in AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 running
invscout.rte versions prior to 2.2.0.19.

SOLUTION:
Apply APAR IV11643.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Jakub Wartak

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM (IV11643):
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory2.asc

IBM X-Force:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/71615

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