CVE-2007-4004 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Reference

ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571 http://secunia.com/advisories/26219 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25077 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018465 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35627