[SA22108] IBM AIX snappd Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

TITLE:
IBM AIX snappd Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22108

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
AIX 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/213/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in snappd.
This can be exploited by users in the "snapp" group to execute
arbitrary commands with root privileges.

SOLUTION:
Apply Interim fixes until APARs are available.

Interim fix:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/snappd_ifix.tar.Z

APAR for AIX 5.2.0:
Apply IY88820 (available approx. 2006-10-18).

APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
Apply IY88818 (available approx. 2006-10-04).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88820
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88818

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