IBM AIX inventory scout denial of service
| aix-inventoryscout-dos (36447) |  Low Risk |
Description:
IBM AIX is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the inventory scout. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files, resulting in a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.6 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
For AIX 5.2.0:
Apply APAR IY98506, available from the IBM Quick Links Web site. See References.
For AIX 5.3.0:
Apply APAR IY98506, available from the IBM Quick Links Web site. See References.
--OR--
Apply the interim fix for this vulnerability (invscout_ifix.tar.Z), available from the IBM AIX FTP site. See References.
References:
- IBM AIX FTP site: Index of ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/.
- IBM Quick Links Web site: Quick links for AIX fixes.
- IBM SECURITY ADVISORY: Mon Aug 20 21:03:35 CDT 2007: AIX inventory scout file deletion vulnerability.
- BID-25556: IBM AIX Inventory Scout Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4798: Unspecified vulnerability in invscout in Inventory Scout in invscout.rte in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to delete system files that have names matching the final substring of a hostname alias, as demonstrated by hostnames ending in unix.
- SA26715: IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3059: IBM AIX Multiple Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- IBM AIX 5.2
- IBM AIX 5.3
Reported:
Aug 20, 2007
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