HP OpenView OmniBack DoS Vulnerability

BID:1015

Info

HP OpenView OmniBack DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1015
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 28 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 28 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on February 28, 2000 by Jon Hittner <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: HP OpenView OmniBack II 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 HP OpenView OmniBack II 3.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 HP OpenView OmniBack II 2.55
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP OpenView OmniBack DoS Vulnerability

Multiple open connections to port 5555 can cause the HP OpenView OmniBack program to crash by consuming 100% CPU cycles. Closing the connections will not alleviate this problem, therefore a manual restart would be required.

Exploit / POC

HP OpenView OmniBack DoS Vulnerability

Below is an exploit authored by Jon Hittner:

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