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TITLE:
IBM AIX "at" Command Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26437

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26437/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

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

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

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "at"
command and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with root
privileges.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5.3.0.

SOLUTION:
Apply APAR IZ00139.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README

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