CVE-2008-1668 (GCVE-0-2008-1668)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-08-13 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01525562
cve@mitre.org http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01525562
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/31471 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/4
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30666
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020682
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2364 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44414
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5971
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01525562
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/31471 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30666
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020682
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2364 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44414
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5971
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