Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2016-3143

 

Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2016-3143

Published: August 24, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8007
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3143
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM AIX

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error when an attacker can send and receive messages to an authoritative DNS server and has knowledge of a valid TSIG key name. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request packet, bypass TSIG authentication on AXFR requests and manipulate BIND into accepting an unauthorized dynamic update.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3143

The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 6.1.9.7, 6.1.9.8, 6.1.9.9, 7.1.3.7, 7.1.3.8, 7.1.3.9.

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