IBM FTPD Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:21941

Info

IBM FTPD Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21941
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 08 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 09 2007 01:07AM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM FTPD Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

IBM FTPD is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability that arises because of a design error.

A successful attack can allow a local attacker to gain access to the passwords for the 'puseronly' and 'pgrouponly' password-protected anonymous users.

IBM AIX 5.3.0.30 and later versions are reported vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

IBM FTPD Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An attacker needs local interactive access to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

IBM FTPD Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM has released fixes to address this issue; please see the reference section for details.


IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM FTPD Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:
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