TITLE:
AIX "swcons" Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17439

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17439/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Unknown

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
AIX 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/213/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in AIX, which has an unknown
impact.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "swcons"
command. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow when "DEBUG
MALLOC" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been reported in AIX 5.2.

SOLUTION:
Apply APAR IY78467.
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/pseries/aixfixes.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY78467

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