CVE-2014-3074

Description (CNA)

The runtime linker in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to create a mode-666 root-owned file, and consequently gain privileges, by setting crafted MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment-variable values and then executing a setuid program.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
• https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59344
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314

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