HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS User Enumeration Weakness and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

BID:24751

Info

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS User Enumeration Weakness and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 24751
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-3730
CVE-2007-3729
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 03 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 05 2016 10:00PM
Credit: JF Mezei is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: HP TCP/IP Service 5.6
HP OpenVMS 7.3 -2 Alpha
HP OpenVMS 8.3.Alpha
HP OpenVMS 8.3 Integrity
HP OpenVMS 8.2.Alpha
HP OpenVMS 8.2-1 Integrity
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS User Enumeration Weakness and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS is prone to a user-enumeration weakness and a security-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit these issues to enumerate valid usernames and to launch brute-force attacks.

These issues affect the POP3 service included in TCP/IP 5.6 for OpenVMS; other versions may also be affected. The POP3 service is not enabled by default.

Exploit / POC

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS User Enumeration Weakness and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

The attacker can exploit the username-enumeration weakness by using a dictionary-style attack.

The attacker can exploit the security-bypass vulnerability by using brute-force techniques.

Solution / Fix

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS User Enumeration Weakness and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for these issues. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS User Enumeration Weakness and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

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