National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4623

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendrmt function in bellmail in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the m command.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile094529

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX53&path=%2F200710%2FSECURITY%2F20071030%2Fdatafile094529

External Source: BID

Name: 26257

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26257

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bellmail_ifix.tar

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bellmail_ifix.tar

External Source: XF

Name: aix-bellmail-bo(38150)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38150

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3669

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3669

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IZ05066

Hyperlink:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05066

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IZ05065

Hyperlink:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ05065

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4943

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4943

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20071030 IBM AIX bellmail Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=617

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018871

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018871

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27437

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27437

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4943

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4943