AIX RCP Insecure Copy Vulnerability

BID:431

Info

AIX RCP Insecure Copy Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 431
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 30 1998 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 30 1998 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was published to the IBM APAR Database on JUne 30, 1998. The SecurityFocus Database entry for this problem is based wholly off that information.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.3
IBM AIX 4.2.1
Not Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.3.2

Discussion

AIX RCP Insecure Copy Vulnerability

Under certain versions of AIX If root has given .rhost permissions to do local to local copies via rcp , non-root users are also granted permissions to copy files as root. This allows the users access to any file on the filesystem.

Exploit / POC

AIX RCP Insecure Copy Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

AIX RCP Insecure Copy Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM has released the following APAR'S to address this problem:

AIX 4.3
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APAR # IX79679

AIX 4.2
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APAR # IX78641

References

AIX RCP Insecure Copy Vulnerability

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