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IBM AIX ftpd Two Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23688
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Release Date:
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2007-01-09
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Last Update:
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2008-01-24
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Popularity:
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8,121 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | AIX 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6914
CVE-2006-6915
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM AIX, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information or to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerabilities are caused due to an unspecified error within bos.net.tcp.client. This can be exploited to crash the service or to disclose passwords.
Solution:
Apply emergency fixes until APARs are available.
Emergency fix:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd2_ifix.tar.Z
APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
Apply IY89168 (available)
APAR for AIX 5.2.0:
Apply IY91787 (available)
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2007-01-11: Added CVE reference.
2008-01-24: Updated "Solution" section (APAR IY91787 is available).
Original Advisory:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY89168
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