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Re: Fw: Remote bufferoverflow exploit for ftpd from AIX 4.3.2

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keith Stevenson)
Wed Sep 29 22:08:28 1999

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On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:00:32PM +0100, W.H.J.Pinckaers wrote:
>
>
> At this time: NO, but please make sure you are vulnerable first, we
> did discover that this bug is very specific for AIX 4.3.2. (Most other
> AIX versions aren't vulnerable to this particular bug)

The version of ftpd contained in bos.net.tcp.client v. 4.3.2.7 seems to
be vulnerable.  A quick check of IBM's software site shows that
v. 4.3.2.10 seems to be the latest version of that fileset.  I have no idea
whether or not it is vulnerable though.

Regards,
--Keith Stevenson--

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