Description
The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory, which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process, probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.
References
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153
- 28467 vdb-entry
- 1019606 vdb-entry
- IZ12794 vendor-advisory
- IZ16992 vendor-advisory
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155
- IZ17111 vendor-advisory
- IZ11820 vendor-advisory
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4595 vdb-entry signature
- ADV-2008-0865 vdb-entry