Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4791 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Buffer overflow in the swcons command in bos.rte.console in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3504 and CVE-2007-0978.
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family AIX Local Security Checks NASL id AIX_U809761.NASL description The remote host is missing AIX PTF U809761, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.console. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 30646 published 2008-02-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/30646 title AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.console (U809761) NASL family AIX Local Security Checks NASL id AIX_U810309.NASL description The remote host is missing AIX PTF U810309, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.console. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 30676 published 2008-02-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/30676 title AIX 5.3 TL 6 : bos.rte.console (U810309) NASL family AIX Local Security Checks NASL id AIX_U810821.NASL description The remote host is missing AIX PTF U810821, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.console. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 65327 published 2013-03-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65327 title AIX 5.3 TL 7 : bos.rte.console (U810821)
References
- http://osvdb.org/40400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26715
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25562
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98532
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98804
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY98819
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3855
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3856