Vigil@nce - AIX: privilege escalation via arp.ib
June 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use a vulnerability of arp.ib of AIX, in order to
escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: AIX
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 10/06/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The command /usr/sbin/arp.ib is used to get information about MAC
addresses of InfiniBand devices.
However, an attacker can use a vulnerability of arp.ib of AIX, in
order to escalate his privileges.
Technical details are unknown.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/AIX-privilege-escalation-via-arp-ib-12925