Title: AIX hosts.equiv Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Under certain versions of AIX, rlogind fails to perform proper authentication if particular conditions are true in the /etc/hosts.equiv file. If a hostA userA pair is mentioned in /etc/hosts.equiv. of machine hostB, then userA from hostA will be able to login as any user on hostB without a password.
Affected Products:
- IBM AIX 4.1.0
- IBM AIX 4.1.1
- IBM AIX 4.1.2
- IBM AIX 4.1.3
- IBM AIX 4.1.4
- IBM AIX 4.1.5
- IBM AIX 4.2.0
- IBM AIX 4.2.1
- IBM AIX 4.3.0
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