__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN IBM Security Vulnerabilities in Getconfig Command [IBM IY73814 ] September 29, 2005 17:00 GMT Number P-319 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: IBM AIX contains the getconf command that provides information about system configuration. An unspecified buffer overflow condition has been identified in getconf. PLATFORM: AIX APARs - AIX 5.3 version 530 DAMAGE: May lead to arbitrary code execution by local users. SOLUTION: Apply available security updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. May lead to arbitrary code execution by ASSESSMENT: local users. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-319.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: IBM - IY73814 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY73814 ADDITIONAL LINKS: IBM - IY73850 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY73850 US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#602300 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602300 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2005-3060 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start IBM IY73814 *****] IY73814: SECURITY: VULNERABILITIES IN GETCONF COMMAND A fix is available Obtain fix for this APAR APAR status Closed as program error. Error description Buffer overflow vulnerability. Local fix Problem summary Buffer overflow vulnerability. Problem conclusion Appropriate changes are made to fix the problem. Temporary fix Comments APAR information APAR number IY73814 Reported component name AIX 5.3 Reported component ID 5765G0300 Reported release 530 Status CLOSED PER PE NoPE HIPER NoHIPER Submitted date 2005-07-08 Closed date 2005-07-08 Last modified date 2005-09-06 APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IY73850 Fix information Fixed component name AIX 5.3 Fixed component ID 5765G0300 Applicable component levels R530 PSY U478134 UP05/09/06 I 1000 [***** End IBM IY73814 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of IBM for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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