HP HP-UX B.11.11/B.11.23/B.11.31 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HP HP-UX B.11.11/B.11.23/B.11.31. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-4418. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HP HP-UX B.11.11/B.11.23/B.11.31 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in DCE in HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/10/2008. The weakness was disclosed 12/10/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4418 since 10/03/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35176 (HP-UX PHSS_38258 : HP-UX Running DCE, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02393 SSRT080057 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116156 (HP-UX running DCE, Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02393)).

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 (47217), Tenable (35176), SecurityFocus (BID 32754†), OSVDB (50679†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021377†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 35176
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHSS_38258 : HP-UX Running DCE, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02393 SSRT080057 rev.1)
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OpenVAS ID: 835184
OpenVAS Name: HP-UX Update for NFS/ONCplus HPSBUX02375
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4418 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4418
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45387

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X-Force: 47217
SecurityFocus: 32754 - HP-UX DCE Unspecified Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 50679 - HP-UX DCE Unspecified Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1021377
Vulnerability Center: 20210 - HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, B.11.31 DCE Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-3411

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/25/2025 09:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (80), 08/21/2019 18:42 (3), 05/25/2025 09:19 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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