Re: AIX 4.2 lquerylv

Bollinger (troy@AUSTIN.IBM.COM)
Mon, 26 May 1997 16:26:31 -0500

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Georgi Guninski wrote:
>
> There is a buffer overflow in /usr/sbin/lquerylv which spawns a root shell
> under AIX 4.2, probably 4.x,3.x.
> SOLUTION: #chmod -s /usr/sbin/lquerylv
> Tested on AIX 4.2 RS/6000 box.
>

This (and several other LVM related buffer overflows) are fixed in
the following APARs:

AIX 3.2
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APAR IX66230 (PTF U447739)

AIX 4.1
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APAR IX66231

Fileset bos.rte.lvm should be 4.1.5.7 or later.

AIX 4.2
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APAR IX66232

Fileset bos.rte.lvm should be 4.2.0.12 or later.

A cumulative security APAR is also available from FixDist...

AIX 3.2
=======

APAR IX67999

AIX 4.1
=======

APAR IX67997

AIX 4.2
=======

APAR IX67998

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