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TITLE:
IBM AIX "swcons" Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24154

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24154/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

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

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

The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error in swcons and can
be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via overly long input data.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5.3.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to the affected system.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY94901

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