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TITLE:
IBM AIX sa_snap Two Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41446

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-09-15

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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM AIX, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and
bypass certain security restrictions.

1) An error in the "/usr/esa/sbin/sa_snap" program can be exploited
to cause a buffer overflow and gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is reported in IBM AIX 5.3, IBM AIX 6.1,VIOS 1.5,
and VIOS 2.1.

2) An unspecified error can be exploited to delete certain sensitive
files.

The vulnerability is reported in IBM AIX 5.3.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities requires "system group
user" privileges.

SOLUTION:
Apply fixes.

Further details available in Customer Area:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Lucas McLane.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sa_snap_advisory.asc

OTHER REFERENCES:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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