HP Tru64 4.0f/5.1b3 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in HP Tru64 4.0f/5.1b3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-2993. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HP Tru64 4.0f/5.1b3. This issue affects an unknown code. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the FTP Daemon (ftpd) for HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8 and other versions up to HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-3, and HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, B.11.11, and B.11.23, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (hang).

The bug was discovered 01/19/2006. The weakness was published 09/20/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2993 since 09/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20803 (HP-UX PHNE_33412 : HP-UX Running ftpd Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02092 SSRT5971 rev.2)), 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 27278 (HP-UX FTPD Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02092)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (20803), SecurityFocus (BID 16316†), OSVDB (19586†), Secunia (SA18543†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015506†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20803
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHNE_33412 : HP-UX Running ftpd Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02092 SSRT5971 rev.2)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2993 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2993
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26345

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SecurityFocus: 16316 - HP-UX FTPD Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18543
OSVDB: 19586 - CVE-2005-2993 - HP-UX - FTPD - Denial Of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015506
Vulnerability Center: 10661 - HP Tru64 UNIX \x26 HP-UX FTPd Remote DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-1801

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/29/2025 10:15
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (65), 06/15/2019 16:09 (13), 06/29/2025 10:15 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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