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IBM LPD Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability that stems from a buffer overflow in a setuid-superuser command.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows local attackers to execute arbitrary machine code with superuser privileges, facilitating the complete compromise of affected computers.

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 are affected.