Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4236 - Local Security vulnerability in AIX 5.2/5.3
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Buffer overflow in lpd in bos.rte.printers in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users with printq group privileges to gain root privileges.
Nessus
NASL family AIX Local Security Checks NASL id AIX_U809751.NASL description The remote host is missing AIX PTF U809751, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.printers. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28767 published 2007-12-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28767 title AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.printers (U809751) 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 U809751. The text itself is copyright (C) # International Business Machines Corp. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(28767); script_version ("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/16 14:12:48"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4236"); script_name(english:"AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.printers (U809751)"); script_summary(english:"Check for PTF U809751"); 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 U809751, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.printers." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98560" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Install the appropriate missing security-related fix." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/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:"2007/05/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/05/14"); 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:"520010", patch:"U809751", package:"bos.rte.printers.5.2.0.106") < 0 ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:aix_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family AIX Local Security Checks NASL id AIX_U810282.NASL description The remote host is missing AIX PTF U810282, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.printers. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28834 published 2007-12-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28834 title AIX 5.3 TL 6 : bos.rte.printers (U810282) 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 U810282. The text itself is copyright (C) # International Business Machines Corp. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(28834); script_version ("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/16 14:12:48"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4236"); script_name(english:"AIX 5.3 TL 6 : bos.rte.printers (U810282)"); script_summary(english:"Check for PTF U810282"); 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 U810282, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.printers." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98339" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Install the appropriate missing security-related fix." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/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:"2007/05/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/05/09"); 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:"530006", patch:"U810282", package:"bos.rte.printers.5.3.0.61") < 0 ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:aix_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");