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IBM AIX Capture Command Local Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a local, stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input to a program that is installed setuid-superuser.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.







 

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