HP HP-UX 11.23/11.31 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HP HP-UX 11.23/11.31 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-1664. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 11.23/11.31 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in libc on HP HP-UX B.11.23 and B.11.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 08/06/2008. The weakness was published 08/08/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1664 since 04/03/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 33862 (HP-UX PHCO_38048 : HP-UX Using libc, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02355 SSRT080023 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 116739 (HP-UX Using libc Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02355)).

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 (44247), Tenable (33862), SecurityFocus (BID 30581†), OSVDB (47376†) and Secunia (SA31400†). 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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Nessus ID: 33862
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHCO_38048 : HP-UX Using libc, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02355 SSRT080023 rev.2)
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08/15/2019 +1612 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43585

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X-Force: 44247
SecurityFocus: 30581 - HP-UX 'libc' Unspecified Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31400
OSVDB: 47376 - CVE-2008-1664 - HP-UX - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020637
Vulnerability Center: 19109 - HP HP-UX libc Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-2314

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/15/2019 11:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (70), 08/15/2019 11:21 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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