CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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3.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in IBM AIX up to 4.1.5 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function connect
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
vulnerability in aix 4.1.4 and hp-ux 10.01 and 9.05 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using a socket to connect to a port on the localhost calling shutdown to clear the socket then using the same socket to connect to a different port on localhost.
The issue has been introduced in 08/12/1994. The weakness was presented 03/05/1997 by Cahya Wirawan as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1408. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 936 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
Affected
- IBM AIX up to 4.1/4.1.1/4.1.2/4.1.3/4.1.4
- HP HP-UX 9.5/10.10/10.20
Not Affected
- IBM AIX 3.1/3.2/3.2.4/3.2.5
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: AIX 4.2
Timeline
08/12/1994 🔍03/05/1997 🔍
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06/17/2014 🔍
04/13/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Cahya Wirawan
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-1408 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 352 - Multiple Vendor connect() Denial of Service Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/18/2014 01:06Updated: 04/13/2019 10:09
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:06 (56), 04/13/2019 10:09 (3)
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