CVE-2005-0240 Information

Description

Format string vulnerability in chdev on IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument which is not properly handled when printing an error message.

Reference

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67455 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY67654 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19244