Ibm ≫ Aix

Buffer overflow in pioout command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Buffer overflow in piobe command in IBM AIX 4.3.x allows local users to gain privileges via long environmental variables.

AIX sysback before 4.2.1.13 uses a relative path to find and execute the hostname program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious hostname program.

Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

netstat in AIX 4.x.x does not properly restrict access to the -Zi option, which allows local users to clear network interface statistics and possibly hide evidence of unusual network activities.

AIX cdmount allows local users to gain root privileges via shell metacharacters.

Vulnerability in AIX 3.2.x and 4.x allows local users to gain write access to files on locally or remotely mounted AIX filesystems.

The AIX Fast Response Cache Accelerator (FRCA) allows local users to modify arbitrary files via the configuration capability in the frcactrl program.

Buffer overflow in TT_SESSION environment variable in ToolTalk shared library allows local users to gain root privileges.

Buffer overflow in portmir for AIX 4.3.0 allows local users to corrupt lock files and gain root privileges via the echo_error routine.