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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HP-UX B.11.11/B.11.23. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DCE. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0131. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP-UX B.11.11/B.11.23 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component DCE. 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. CVE summarizes:

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) 1.8 and 1.9 on HP HP-UX B.11.11 and B.11.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 04/02/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at h20000.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-0131 since 12/13/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58611 (HP-UX PHSS_42853 : HP-UX running DCE, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02758 SSRT100774 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 120096 (HP-UX DCE Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02758)).

Applying the patch PHSS_42852/PHSS_42865/PHSS_42853/PHSS_42866 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 (74800), Tenable (58611), SecurityFocus (BID 52860†), OSVDB (80886†) and Secunia (SA48687†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 58611
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHSS_42853 : HP-UX running DCE, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02758 SSRT100774 rev.1)
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Patch: PHSS_42852/PHSS_42865/PHSS_42853/PHSS_42866

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: h20000.www2.hp.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-0131 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0131
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5028

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X-Force: 74800 - HP-UX unspecified Distributed Computing Environment denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 52860 - HP-UX Running DCE Unspecified Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 48687 - HP-UX DCE Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 80886
SecurityTracker: 1026885 - HP-UX Unspecified Flaw in DCE Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34815 - HP-UX B.11.11 and B.11.23 DCE Applications Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 04/05/2012 09:51
Updated: 01/05/2025 12:14
Changes: 04/05/2012 09:51 (70), 04/19/2017 10:28 (11), 03/22/2021 14:35 (3), 01/05/2025 12:14 (16)
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