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AIX 6.1 missing PTF U828611 for X11.Dt.ToolTalk package

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AIX 6.1 missing PTF U828611 for X11.Dt.ToolTalk package

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/10/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/29/2011
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _tt_internal_realpath function in the ToolTalk library (libtt.a) in IBM AIX 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7 through 5.3.10, and 6.1.0 through 6.1.3, when the rpc.ttdbserver daemon is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long XDR-encoded ASCII string to remote procedure 15.

Solution(s)

  • aix-fileset-upgrade-aix-6_1-x11.dt.tooltalk

References

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