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TITLE:
IBM AIX piox25.c/piox25remote.sh Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28600

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28600/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
AIX 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/427/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to
potentially gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in
piox25.c/piox25remote.sh and can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow via overly-long arguments. No further information is
available.

SOLUTION:
Apply APAR IZ13739 as soon as it becomes available.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM (IZ13739):
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ13739

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