PT-2005-2251 · Ibm · Iseries As/400

Published 2005-04-24 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-1238

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: iSeries AS/400 systems (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns the built-in FTP server, which does not support a restricted document root by design. This allows attackers to read or write arbitrary files, including sensitive QSYS databases, via a full pathname in a GET or PUT request to API endpoints such as / or other directories.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1238

Affected Products

Iseries As/400

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1238 · Security Note
• http://venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20260 · Note