HP HP-UX 11.00/11.04/11.11/11.22 diagmond denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in HP HP-UX 11.00/11.04/11.11/11.22. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component diagmond. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-1087. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HP HP-UX 11.00/11.04/11.11/11.22 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component diagmond. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in diagmond and possibly other applications in HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, B.11.11, and B.11.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program failure) via certain network traffic.

The bug was discovered 06/05/2003. The weakness was shared 12/31/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-1087 since 02/26/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 104 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16910 (HP-UX PHNE_29453 : HP-UX Running on HP9000 Series 700/800, Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX00264 SSRT3460 rev.5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family HP-UX Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 82050 (HP-UX diagmond and nfsd Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12199), Tenable (16910), SecurityFocus (BID 7827†), OSVDB (15410†) and Secunia (SA8971†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 16910
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHNE_29453 : HP-UX Running on HP9000 Series 700/800, Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX00264 SSRT3460 rev.5)
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OpenVAS ID: 53437
OpenVAS Name: HP-UX Update for on HP9000 Series 700/800 HPSBUX00264
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06/09/2003 +4 days 🔍
09/17/2003 +100 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +105 days 🔍
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02/16/2005 +413 days 🔍
02/26/2005 +10 days 🔍
03/01/2007 +733 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +2731 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1087 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1087
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21079
X-Force: 12199
SecurityFocus: 7827 - HP-UX Unspecified Network Traffic Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 8971 - HP-UX Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15410 - CVE-2003-1087 - Hewlett-Packard - HP-UX - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 14495 - HP HP-UX Diagmond and nfsd DoS, High

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 13:14
Updated: 07/20/2025 01:30
Changes: 08/22/2014 13:14 (75), 07/16/2019 07:01 (5), 07/20/2025 01:30 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:EE6:103

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