CVE-2012-0723 Information

Description

The kernel in IBM AIX 5.3 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02 does not properly implement the dupmsg system call which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

Reference

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/syscall_advisory.asc http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22693 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22694 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22695 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22696 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22697 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027315 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74134