National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1668
Original release date:08/13/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
ftpd.c in (1) wu-ftpd 2.4.2 and (2) ftpd in HP HP-UX B.11.11 assigns uid 0 to the FTP client in certain operating-system misconfigurations in which PAM authentication can succeed even though no passwd entry is available for a user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by a login attempt for an LDAP account when nsswitch.conf does not specify LDAP for passwd information.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (10/13/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This flaw does not affect teh version of wu-ftpd as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
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External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02356
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: hpux-ftpd-security-bypass(44414)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020682
External Source: BID
Name: 30666
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080820 FW: CVE-2008-1668 - ftpd 2.4 - unauthorized root access - patch details
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2364
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31471
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5971