MitreCVELIST:CVE-2009-2669CVE-2009-2669
A certain debugging component in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 does not properly handle the (1) _LIB_INIT_DBG and (2) _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a setuid-root program to create an arbitrary root-owned file with world-writable permissions, related to libC.a (aka the XL C++ runtime library) in AIX 5.3 and libc.a in AIX 6.1.
References
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libC_advisory.asc
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=815
secunia.com/advisories/36156
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54090
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54091
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ54593
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56203
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56204
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56205
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ56206
www.securityfocus.com/bid/35934
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2151
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