Vulnerability Detail

IBM AIX kernel multiple security vulnerabilities

Date Discovered:
11 Mar 2008

Date Published:
27 Mar 2008

Last Updated:
22 May 2008

Threat Assessment

Overall Risk: Medium

Popularity : Medium

Impact: Medium

Simplicity: Low

Characteristics

Vulnerability ID: 36185
Discovered By: Anonymous

Exploitable Locally: Yes
Exploitable Remotely: Yes

Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service condition or gain access to sensitive information.

Root Cause: Software Vulnerability

Description

Recommendations

Affected Technologies

References

Description

IBM AIX contains vulnerabilities that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service condition or gain access to sensitive information. Additional information is not available.

Recommendations

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For: IBM AIX 5300-00, IBM AIX 5300-01, IBM AIX 5300-02, IBM AIX 5300-03, IBM AIX 5300-04, IBM AIX 5300-05, IBM AIX 5300-06

Please download and install the following APAR from the vendor link: IZ17111

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For: IBM AIX 6100-00
Apply: IBM AIX 6.1 - IZ13392

Please download and install the following APAR from the vendor site : IZ13392

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For: IBM AIX 5300-07

Please download and install the following APAR from the vendor link :

IZ11820

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For: IBM AIX 5200-00, IBM AIX 5200-01, IBM AIX 5200-02, IBM AIX 5200-03, IBM AIX 5200-04, IBM AIX 5200-05, IBM AIX 5200-06, IBM AIX 5200-07, IBM AIX 5200-08, IBM AIX 5200-09, IBM AIX 5200-10

Please download and install the following APAR from the vendor link: IZ16992

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For: IBM AIX 6100-00
Apply: IBM AIX 6.1 - IZ12794

Please download and install the following APAR from the vendor site : IZ12794

Affected Technologies

IBM: IBM AIX 5200-00
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-01
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-02
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-03
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-04
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-05
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-06
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-07
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-08
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-09
IBM: IBM AIX 5200-10
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-00
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-01
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-02
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-03
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-04
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-05
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-06
IBM: IBM AIX 5300-07
IBM: IBM AIX 6100-00

References

IBM: IZ11820
IBM: IZ12794
IBM: IZ16992
IBM: IZ17111

CA Global Security Advisor

Current threat condition: Low

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