CVE-2007-4799 Information

Description

The perfstat kernel extension in bos.perf.perfstat in AIX 5.3 does not verify privileges when processing a SET call which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) via unspecified SET operations.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/40392 http://secunia.com/advisories/26715 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25554 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3059 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY97309 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3850