A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HP HP-UX 10.20/11.00/11.04/11.11/11.22 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file dxpause/dxconsole/dtsession. The manipulation of the argument _XKB_CHARSET as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable to (1) dxpause, (2) dxconsole, or (3) dtsession.

The weakness was shared 09/02/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1605 since 03/25/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (10016). The entries 18732, 18736, 18737 and 18738 are related to this item.

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• HP

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• HP-UX

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• 10.20
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• 11.22

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• commercial

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