HP HP-UX B.11.31 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX B.11.31. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-4416. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HP HP-UX B.11.31 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block. 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 kernel in HP HP-UX B.11.31 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/02/2008. The weakness was released 12/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.info. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4416 since 10/03/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple 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 35066 (HP-UX PHKL_38987 : HP-UX, Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02389 SSRT080141 rev.1)), 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.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47012), Tenable (35066), SecurityFocus (BID 32601†), OSVDB (50409†) and Secunia (SA32969†). 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
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35066
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHKL_38987 : HP-UX, Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02389 SSRT080141 rev.1)
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OpenVAS ID: 835176
OpenVAS Name: HP-UX Update for NFS/ONCplus HPSBUX02375
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4416 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4416
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45281

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X-Force: 47012
SecurityFocus: 32601 - HP-UX Unspecified Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 32969 - HP-UX Unspecified Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 50409 - HP-UX Kernel Unspecified Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1021297
Vulnerability Center: 20248 - HP HP-UX B.11.31 Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Local DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3331

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/22/2019 11:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (83), 08/22/2019 11:35 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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