HP-UX Software Distributor SWModify Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:20735

Info

HP-UX Software Distributor SWModify Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20735
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2006-2574
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 24 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 26 2006 07:08PM
Credit: The vendor credits NCC Group with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX B.11.23
HP HP-UX B.11.11
HP HP-UX B.11.04
HP HP-UX B.11.00
Avaya Predictive Dialer 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX Software Distributor SWModify Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

HP-UX is prone to a local buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges, completely compromising affected computers.

This issue was originally disclosed as part of BID 18098 (HP-UX Software Distributor Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability), but has been assigned its own separate record because of new information.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX Software Distributor SWModify Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

HP-UX Software Distributor SWModify Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released security advisory HPSBUX02114 (SSRT061115 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Software Distributor Local Elevation of Privilege) to address this issue.


HP HP-UX B.11.23

HP HP-UX B.11.04

HP HP-UX B.11.00

References

HP-UX Software Distributor SWModify Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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