FKIE_CVE-2014-3977
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-06-08 23:55 - Updated: 2026-05-06 22:30
Severity ?
Summary
libodm.a in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.x, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2179.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.10 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.11 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.12 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.0.13 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.0 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.1 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.3 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.4 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.4 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.8 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.1.9 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.2.0 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.2.4 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.2.5 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.3.0 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.3.2 | |
| ibm | vios | 2.2.3.3 | |
| ibm | aix | 6.1 | |
| ibm | aix | 7.1 |
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