HP-UX Support Tools Manager vulnerable to denial of service

Overview

There is a vulnerability in the Hewlett-Packard Support Tools Manager that allows a local user to create a denial-of-service condition.

Description

The Hewlett-Packard Support Tools is a collection of diagnostic tools that allow operators of HP-UX systems to test and diagnose hardware configurations. On January 18, 2001, HP announced a vulnerability in the HP Support Tools Manager product that allows a local user to create a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability is reported to affect HP9000 Series 700 and 800 systems running HP-UX versions 11.11, 11.00, and 10.20.

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Impact

According to HP’s report, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial-of-service attack.

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Solution

HP has provided patches for each of the affected versions; please see the vendor section of this document for further details.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: March 22, 2001

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

To view the HP Security Bulletin, please visit <http://itrc.hp.com> and search for “HPSBUX0101-137”. Please note that registration may be required to access this document.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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CVSS Metrics

Group	Score	Vector
Base	N/A	N/A
Temporal	N/A	N/A
Environmental		N/A

References

<http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2239&gt;

Acknowledgements

This document was written by Jeffrey P. Lanza.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2001-0219
Severity Metric:	0.25 Date Public: