Title: AIX ttylock(3) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Under certain versions of AIX, the system call ttylock(3) contains a buffer overflow. This overflow if exploited can cause any program which uses libctty libraries to coredump. This poses a potential security problem if the program which dumps core dumps with improper permissions.
Affected Products:
- IBM AIX 4.3.0
References:
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