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TITLE:
IBM AIX ftpd "quote cwd" Full Path Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30360

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30360/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
AIX 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/213/
AIX 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/16995/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by
malicious people to disclose system information.

The problem is that it is possible to disclose the full path of the
home directory of the anonymous ftp user via a "quote cwd" command on
an ftpd server with anonymous login enabled.

The weakness is reported in versions 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply fixes or APARs as soon as they become available.
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd_fix.tar
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd_fix.tar

-- APARS --

AIX 5.2.0:
IZ18670 (available approximately 20/6/2008)

AIX 5.3.0:
IZ22357 (available approximately 20/6/2008)

AIX 5.3.7:
IZ22358 (available approximately 20/6/2008)

AIX 5.3.8:
IZ21529 (available approximately 20/6/2008)

AIX 6.1.0:
IZ22356 (available approximately 20/6/2008)

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits ISS X-Force.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd_advisory.asc

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