HP-UX ypbind Vulnerability

BID:52

Info

HP-UX ypbind Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 52
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 22 1992 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 22 1992 12:00AM
Credit:
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX 8.9
HP HP-UX 8.8
HP HP-UX 8.7
HP HP-UX 8.6
HP HP-UX 8.5
HP HP-UX 8.4
HP HP-UX 8.2
HP HP-UX 8.1
HP HP-UX 8.0
Not Vulnerable: HP HP-UX 9.0

Discussion

HP-UX ypbind Vulnerability

A vulnerability in HP NIS allows remote NIS servers
unauthorized access to local NIS hosts. An HP NIS client
will accept ypset requests from hosts outside its NIS
domain.

The patch provides a special version of ypbind that only
accepts ypset requests from the local host. This prevents a
superuser on a remote system from issuing a ypset -h
command to the local system to create a rogue ypserver.

This is HP's SR#: 1650-172619.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX ypbind Vulnerability

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HP-UX ypbind Vulnerability

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