AIX FTPd libc Library Remote Overflow

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1827

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

It is possible to make the remote FTP server crash by issuing this command : CEL aaaa[...]aaaa. This problem is known as the 'AIX FTPd' overflow and may allow the remote user to easily gain access to the root (super-user) account on the remote system.

Solution

See IBM's advisory number ERS-SVA-E01-1999:004.1 or contact your vendor for a patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 1827

Family: FTP Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 10009

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0789

BID: 679

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