HP HP-UX B.11.11/B.11.23/B.11.31 denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in HP HP-UX B.11.11/B.11.23/B.11.31 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the dynamic loader in HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 07/11/2011 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.info. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2398 since 06/06/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/14/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56848 (HP-UX PHSS_42253 : HP-UX Dynamic Loader, Local Privilege Escalation, Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02688 SSRT100513 rev.1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family HP-UX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119382 (HP-UX Dynamic Loader Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02688)).

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 databases at X-Force (68399) and Tenable (56848).

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 56848
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHSS_42253 : HP-UX Dynamic Loader, Local Privilege Escalation, Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02688 SSRT100513 rev.1)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-2398 (🔍)
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X-Force: 68399
SecurityTracker: 1025749 - HP-UX Dynamic Loader Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 32130 - HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23 and B.11.31 Dynamic Loader Error Allows Local Privilege Escalation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 48577 - HP-UX Dynamic Loader Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 45132 - HP-UX Dynamic Loader Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 73616

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/14/2021 09:45
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 04/07/2017 18:26 (17), 11/14/2021 09:45 (2)
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