RE: Recent bugtraq postings

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Shalom Carmel
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 6:11 PM
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> Subject: Re: Recent bugtraq postings 
> 
> 
> About STRPCCMD:
> CA is not the only emulation that supports this command.
> There are at least 3 more emulations by different vendors 
> that can be used
> in a similar manner: Bosanova, PowerTerm, and Mochasoft.
> Because the issue seems to be a generic iSeries 5250 
> emulation feature, and
> because it works only in conjecture with an iSeries server,
> in my opinion it is an iSeries issue, even though it affects 
> the iSeries
> client and not the server.
> 

No.  That would be like saying every OS with an available REXEC client has a 
vulnerability.  It's not the REXEC client that could be a problem; it is 
running a REXEC server.

>From the iSeries side STRPCCMD can be quite easily controlled using the built 
>in object level security.  Thus, in a corporate environment this 
>"vulnerability" is not an issue.

It is however an issue in a non-corporate environment where a person is using 
CA or one of the other emulators with this feature to connect to time share 
systems or systems on a consulting basis.


Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121