CVE-2009-1786

Description (CNA)

The malloc subsystem in libc in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the log file associated with the MALLOCDEBUG environment variable.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libc_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50445
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6276
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50447
• http://www.osvdb.org/54617
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50121
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=802
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35034
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9306
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022261
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1380
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50636
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50517
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35146
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50500
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50129
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50139

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