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TITLE:
AIX libXm.a Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12677
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12677/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
AIX 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/213/
DESCRIPTION:
IBM has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in AIX, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA12549
The vulnerabilities have been reported in AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.
NOTE: Reportedly, AIX does not ship with any applications that use
the vulnerable library.
SOLUTION:
IBM will be releasing the following APARs, which can be downloaded
from:
http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp
APAR for AIX 5.1.0:
IY61953 (available approx. 2004-11-08)
APAR for AIX 5.2.0:
IY61954 (available approx. 2004-11-08)
APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
IY61956 (available approx. 2004-11-08)
Emergency Fix:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libxm_efix.tar.Z
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12549:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12549/
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