IBM SP2 sdrd Vulnerability

BID:371

Info

IBM SP2 sdrd Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 371
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 05 1998 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 05 1998 12:00AM
Credit: This problem was discovered by Chuck Athey and Jim Garlick of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, it was then published by CIAC as I-079A: IBM AIX "sdrd" daemon Vulnerability on August 5, 1998.
Vulnerable: IBM Scalable POWERparallel (SP) 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM SP2 sdrd Vulnerability

There is a vulnerability in the System Data Repository (SDR) subsystem. The SDR subsystem is used in IBM SP multi-machine parallel processing environments typically associated with Super Computing. The SDR is deisgned to allow multiple machines to share configuration and operational information. However, proper authentication is not in place in the SDR daemon 'sdrd', this allows un-authenticated users to arbitrarily pull any file off SDR hosts.

Exploit / POC

IBM SP2 sdrd Vulnerability

Last Stage of Delerium has released exploit code for this vulnerability:

Solution / Fix

IBM SP2 sdrd Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM has the following fix available:


IBM Scalable POWERparallel (SP) 2.0
  • IBM IX80724

References

IBM SP2 sdrd Vulnerability

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