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GNU Make For IBM AIX CC Path Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNU make for IBM AIX has been reported to be prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability, the issue is reported to exist due to a lack of sufficient boundary checks performed when reading the path to the CC compiler.

Because the GNU make utility is reported to run with setGID root privileges, a local attacker may potentially exploit this condition to gain access to the root group.

This issue is reported to exist on AIX 4.3.3 platforms.