HP Openview Omniback 2.55/3.0/3.1 Connection denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in HP Openview Omniback 2.55/3.0/3.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Connection Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2000-0179. Additionally, an exploit exists. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HP Openview Omniback 2.55/3.0/3.1 (Network Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Connection Handler. 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:

HP OpenView OmniBack 2.55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port 5555.

The weakness was released 02/28/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0179. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling 5555.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19782) and SecurityFocus (BID 1015†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Posted to Bugtraq on February 28, 2000 by Jon Hittner .
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15356
SecurityFocus: 1015 - HP OpenView OmniBack DoS Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2014 23:13
Updated: 02/03/2025 08:31
Changes: 06/23/2014 23:13 (55), 04/05/2019 16:35 (1), 10/08/2020 10:46 (1), 02/03/2025 08:31 (21)
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