27996 : IBM AIX setlocale() Function Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
2006-08-18	2006-08-18

Description

Ibm AIX contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered due to an unspecified error within the 'setlocale()' function of libc.a. This flaw may lead to a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Other
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Ibm has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

International Business Machines Corporation	AIX	5.1.0
		5.2.0
		5.3.0

References

Security Tracker: 1016712
Bugtraq ID: 19578
CVE ID: 2006-4254 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21541
SCIP VulDB ID: 2474
ISS X-Force ID: 28482
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-3327
Vendor URL: http://www.ibm.com/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-08-22 | Disagree?

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