SOLVED : Re: URGENT: Anybody with AIX 4.3.3 and a client with REDHAT9? It's veryimportant, needed to confirm high security bug on AIX

dballester_at_KERNPHARMA.COM
Date: 06/25/03

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    Here comes the explanation:

    ---------------------- Remitido por David Ballester/It/KERNPHARMA con fecha
    25/06/2003 12:57 p.m. ---------------------------

    "Steven Langdale" <Langdale_Steven@perkins.com> con fecha 25/06/2003
    12:42:59 p.m.

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    Asunto: Re: URGENT: Anybody with AIX 4.3.3 and a client with REDHAT9?
           It's veryimportant, needed to confirm high security bug on AIX

    Hello David

    That's not a bug. AIX only supports 8 char passwords, if you type in any
    more than that are just ignored. The other problem you have is that the
    gnome-term is not configured as AIX wants and the backspace is not
    deleting, it's just adding more chars to the password string you are
    typing. All of these extra chars are ignored, AIX just look at the first
    8, and in you go.

    Maybe you should post something onto the mail list so other users don't
    panic :)

    Regards

    Steven

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    with AIX 4.3.3 and a client with REDHAT9? It's veryimportant,
                                                   needed to confirm high
    security bug on AIX

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    Hi Steven:

          Here is the problem that i'm having:

          Aix 4.3.3 and Gnome-terminal from RedHat9.

          The login user on Aix is, for example: kpdadm
          The password is : lorenzi0177

          From the login screen, in a telnet session from an gnome-terminal, i
    login with user kpdadm
          In the password field i put lorenzi0 and push backspace key 9 times,
    followed by 3 Ctrl+H. Allways this give me session in the Aix server.
          I'm testing with diverse password longs and words, and at the moment,
    seems to occur only if i put the first 8 correct letters of the password.

          Can you reproduce it?

          If your password is less than 8 chars, can you create an user with
    password > 8 to test if the password long make sense? ( I think that yes ).

          Waiting for your news

    Thanks and regards

    Steven Langdale <Langdale_Steven@PERKINS.COM>@Princeton.EDU> con fecha
    25/06/2003 12:23:22 p.m.

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    Asunto: Re: URGENT: Anybody with AIX 4.3.3 and a client with REDHAT9?
           It's very important, needed to confirm high security bug on AIX

    David

    I have 4.3.3 and Redhat 9 here. Mail me if you would like me to test your
    bug.

    Thanks

    Steven

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    Please, anybody can contact me to make a little test ( no intrusive ) to
    confirm a problem that I'm having with telneting to AIX 4.3.3 server with
    gnome-terminal that comes with RedHat 9? I can repeat a sequence of keys
    that gives me session on Aix for any user, included root, without password.

    People from list can verify that i'm on aix-l for a long time.

    Thanks

    David Ballester


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