IBM AIX Pop3D/Pop3DS/IMapD/IMapDS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:22262

Info

IBM AIX Pop3D/Pop3DS/IMapD/IMapDS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22262
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-0618
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:35PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX Pop3D/Pop3DS/IMapD/IMapDS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to an authentication-bypass vulnerability because it fails to effectively verify user credentials during the authentication process.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the pop3, pop3s, imapd, and imapds services.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX Pop3D/Pop3DS/IMapD/IMapDS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue using standarad networking tools.

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX Pop3D/Pop3DS/IMapD/IMapDS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.


IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM AIX Pop3D/Pop3DS/IMapD/IMapDS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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