HP HP-UX 10.01/10.10/10.20/11.00 swverify memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in HP HP-UX 10.01/10.10/10.20/11.00. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component swverify. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0979. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 10.01/10.10/10.20/11.00 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component swverify. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

The weakness was shared 09/03/2001 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0979. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by watercloud in ANSI C and been published 2 years after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7078), Exploit-DB (482), SecurityFocus (BID 3279†) and OSVDB (9620†). The entry VDB-17313 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: watercloud
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2001-0979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17314
X-Force: 7078 - HP-UX swverify buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 3279 - HP-UX SWVerify Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 9620 - HP-UX swverify Command Line Local Overflow

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

Created: 07/08/2014 18:04
Updated: 09/08/2024 13:26
Changes: 07/08/2014 18:04 (56), 06/04/2018 08:32 (11), 06/27/2021 07:57 (3), 09/08/2024 13:26 (14)
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