CVE-2008-1593 Information

Description

The checkpoint and restart feature in the kernel in IBM AIX 5.2 5.3 and 6.1 does not properly protect kernel memory which allows local users to read and modify portions of memory and gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving a restart of a 64-bit process probably related to the as_getadsp64 function.

Reference

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019606 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ11820 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ12794 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ16992 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ17111 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28467 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0865 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4153 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4154 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4155 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A4595