AIX ftpd Remote Buffer Overflow

Solution:
A temporary fix is available via anonymous ftp from:

ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd.tar.Z

Filename sum md5 ============================================
ftpd 02584 147 4577818c9c95b47ffc915ab750f36bd3

This temporary fix has not been fully regression tested. Use the following steps (as root) to install the temporary fix:

1. Uncompress and extract the fix.

# uncompress < ftpd.tar.Z | tar xf -
# cd ftpd

2. Replace the vulnerable ftpd.

# mv /usr/sbin/ftpd /usr/sbin/ftpd.before_security_fix
# chown root.system /usr/sbin/ftpd.before_security_fix
# chmod 0 /usr/sbin/ftpd.before_security_fix
# cp ./ftpd /usr/sbin/ftpd
# chown root.system /usr/sbin/ftpd
# chmod 4554 /usr/sbin/ftpd

Official fix

IBM is working on the following fixes which will be available soon.

AIX 4.2.x and earlier: not vulnerable
AIX 4.3.x: IY04477



 

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