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TITLE:
AIX Unspecified NIS Client System Compromise Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14856

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14856/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

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

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in AIX, which can be exploited by
malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error allowing
execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

Successful exploitation requires that the system has been configured
as a NIS client.

The vulnerability affects AIX 5.3 only.

NOTE: This is not the same vulnerability as:
SA14095

SOLUTION:
Apply Efix for AIX 5.3.0:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nis_2_efix.tar.Z

A final solution will be included in APAR IY68825 (available approx.
2005-04-15).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14095:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14095/

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