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Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AIX could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to a format string vulnerability.

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Source: IBM
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Severity
8.4
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM AIX 7.3 and IBM VIOS 4.1.1 Perl implementation could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability to execute arbitrary code due to improper neutralization of pathname input.

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Source: MITRE

Remedy

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. The AIX and VIOS fixes can be downloaded via https from: https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_fix9.tar
First published (updated )

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