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IBM AIX libIM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the libIM library available for the AIX 4.3, 5.1, 5.2 operating system. As a result it may be possible to overwrite sensitive memory in programs linked to the affected library. By identifying a linked application with the setuid bit applied, it may be possible to exploit this vulnerability to execute code with elevated privileges. Under certain circumstances this issue may pose as a remote security threat. |
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