Overview
A vulnerability in the secldapclntd daemon in IBM's AIX operating system could allow unauthorized remote users to modify accounts on the system.
Description
According to the IBM bulletin for this issue: "The secldapclntd daemon accepts requests from the LDAP load module, forwards requests to the LDAP server, and passes results from the server back to the LDAP loadmodule. The secldapclntd daemon uses an internet socket to communicate with the loadmodule. A remote user can craft a message to communicate with the daemon and gain unauthorized access to data or could potentially modify user accounts on the LDAP server." |
Impact
A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to data or modify user accounts on the system. It is unclear whether this vulnerability can be leveraged to gain root or other system-level access to the affected systems. |
Solution
Apply a patch from the vendor |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Tom Lu of IBM's AIX Security Team.
This document was written by Chad R Dougherty.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2003-0119 |
| Severity Metric: | 15.82 |
| Date Public: | 2003-02-21 |
| Date First Published: | 2003-04-02 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2003-04-17 18:06 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 7 |