HP HP-UX 10.01/10.10/10.20/11.00/11.11 Line Printer Daemon memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HP HP-UX 10.01/10.10/10.20/11.00/11.11. This affects an unknown part of the component Line Printer Daemon. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0668. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HP HP-UX 10.01/10.10/10.20/11.00/11.11 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Line Printer Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in line printer daemon (rlpdaemon) in HP-UX 10.01 through 11.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

The bug was discovered 07/05/2001. The weakness was published 09/20/2001 with ISS X-Force as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0668. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 77 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6811), SecurityFocus (BID 3240†), OSVDB (1942†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6668†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 835147
OpenVAS Name: HP StorageWorks Default Accounts and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/05/2001 🔍
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08/27/2001 +53 days 🔍
09/20/2001 +24 days 🔍
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07/09/2014 +3478 days 🔍
12/15/2024 +3812 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0668 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0668
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17390

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X-Force: 6811
SecurityFocus: 3240 - HP-UX Line Printer Daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1942 - CVE-2001-0668 - Hewlett-Packard - HP-UX - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6668 - Buffer Overflow in HP HP-UX 10.1 - 11.11 Allows Code Execution, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 12:34 PM
Updated: 12/15/2024 02:26 AM
Changes: 07/09/2014 12:34 PM (67), 06/03/2019 02:21 PM (3), 12/15/2024 02:26 AM (17)
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Cache ID: 18:42B:40

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