HP HP-UX 11.00/11.11 swinstall denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in HP HP-UX 11.00/11.11. The affected element is an unknown function of the component swinstall. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2002-0798. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HP HP-UX 11.00/11.11 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component swinstall. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in swinstall for HP-UX 11.00 and 11.11 allows local users to view obtain data views for files that cannot be directly read by the user, which reportedly can be used to cause a denial of service.

The bug was discovered 05/29/2002. The weakness was shared 08/12/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0798. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 75 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 (9207), SecurityFocus (BID 4886†), OSVDB (9634†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22754†). 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

05/29/2002 🔍
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05/30/2002 +1 days 🔍
08/12/2002 +74 days 🔍
08/12/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/05/2009 +2519 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +1843 days 🔍
09/06/2019 +1872 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0798 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0798
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18684

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X-Force: 9207
SecurityFocus: 4886 - HP-UX SD Data View Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 9634 - CVE-2002-0798 - HP - HP-UX - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22754 - HP-UX 11.00 and 11.11 Software Distributor Swinstall Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 23:50
Updated: 09/06/2019 22:14
Changes: 07/22/2014 23:50 (60), 09/06/2019 22:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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