Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-1541
Published: September 5, 2017 / Updated: September 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8098
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1541
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the AIX JRE/SDK installp and updatep packages. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted packages and prevent the java.security, java.policy and javaws.policy files from being updated correctly.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the AIX JRE/SDK installp and updatep packages. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted packages and prevent the java.security, java.policy and javaws.policy files from being updated correctly.
Affected software
IBM AIX
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1541
Install update from vendor's website.