CVE-2009-2669

A certain debugging component in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 does not properly handle the (1) _LIB_INIT_DBG and (2) _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a setuid-root program to create an arbitrary root-owned file with world-writable permissions, related to libC.a (aka the XL C++ runtime library) in AIX 5.3 and libc.a in AIX 6.1.

🔗 References (24)

• cve@mitrehttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libC_advisory.asc
• cve@mitrehttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=815
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/36156
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54090
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54091
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54593
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56203
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56204
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56205
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56206
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35934
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2151
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libC_advisory.asc
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=815
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36156