Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5008 - Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.2.0/5.3.0

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
ibm
critical
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in utape in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands and overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Ibm
2

Nessus

  • NASL familyAIX Local Security Checks
    NASL idAIX_U808291.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is missing AIX PTF U808291, which is related to the security of the package devices.scsi.tape.diag.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id28687
    published2007-12-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28687
    titleAIX 5.2 TL 9 / 5.2 TL 10 : devices.scsi.tape.diag (U808291)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted
    # from AIX Security PTF U808291. The text itself is copyright (C)
    # International Business Machines Corp.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(28687);
      script_version ("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/16 14:12:47");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5008");
    
      script_name(english:"AIX 5.2 TL 9 / 5.2 TL 10 : devices.scsi.tape.diag (U808291)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for PTF U808291");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote AIX host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is missing AIX PTF U808291, which is related to the
    security of the package devices.scsi.tape.diag."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88641"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Install the appropriate missing security-related fix."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:5.2");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/08/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/08/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/03");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/oslevel", "Host/AIX/version", "Host/AIX/lslpp");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("aix.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( aix_check_patch(ml:"520009", patch:"U808291", package:"devices.scsi.tape.diag.5.2.0.76") < 0 ) flag++;
    if ( aix_check_patch(ml:"520010", patch:"U808291", package:"devices.scsi.tape.diag.5.2.0.76") < 0 ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyAIX Local Security Checks
    NASL idAIX_U809472.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is missing AIX PTF U809472, which is related to the security of the package devices.scsi.tape.diag.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id28733
    published2007-12-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28733
    titleAIX 5.3 TL 5 / 5.3 TL 6 : devices.scsi.tape.diag (U809472)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted
    # from AIX Security PTF U809472. The text itself is copyright (C)
    # International Business Machines Corp.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(28733);
      script_version ("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/16 14:12:47");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5008");
    
      script_name(english:"AIX 5.3 TL 5 / 5.3 TL 6 : devices.scsi.tape.diag (U809472)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for PTF U809472");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote AIX host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is missing AIX PTF U809472, which is related to the
    security of the package devices.scsi.tape.diag."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY88642"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Install the appropriate missing security-related fix."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:5.3");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/08/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/08/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/03");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/oslevel", "Host/AIX/version", "Host/AIX/lslpp");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("aix.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( aix_check_patch(ml:"530005", patch:"U809472", package:"devices.scsi.tape.diag.5.3.0.31") < 0 ) flag++;
    if ( aix_check_patch(ml:"530006", patch:"U809472", package:"devices.scsi.tape.diag.5.3.0.31") < 0 ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");