HP Tru64 _XKB_CHARSET Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:5648

Info

HP Tru64 _XKB_CHARSET Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5648
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1605
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 30 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 03:56PM
Credit: These issues were initially published in a HP Security Bulletin. Discovery is credited to Snosoft.
Vulnerable: Compaq Tru64 5.1 a PK2 (BL2)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 a PK1 (BL1)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 a
Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK5 (BL19)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK4 (BL18)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK3 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 5.1
Compaq Tru64 5.0 a PK3 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 5.0 a
Compaq Tru64 5.0 PK4 (BL18)
Compaq Tru64 5.0 PK4 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 g PK3 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 g
Compaq Tru64 4.0 f PK7 (BL18)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 f PK6 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 f
Compaq Digital Unix 4.0 f
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP Tru64 _XKB_CHARSET Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Tru64 is a commercially available Unix operating system originally developed by Digital. It is distributed and maintained by HP.

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the _XKB_CHARSET library. A number of programs depend on the library, including dxconsole, dxpause and dtsession. Because of this flaw, it may be possible for a local user to execute arbitrary instructions. This could lead to the execution of attacker-supplied code, and elevated privileges.

Exploit / POC

HP Tru64 _XKB_CHARSET Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following exploit was provided by stripey <[email protected]>:

Solution / Fix

HP Tru64 _XKB_CHARSET Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
HP has released fixes for Tru64 UNIX/TruCluster systems. Note that appropriate patchkits must be applied.


Compaq Tru64 4.0 g PK3 (BL17)

Compaq Tru64 4.0 f PK7 (BL18)

Compaq Tru64 5.0 a PK3 (BL17)

Compaq Tru64 5.1 a PK2 (BL2)

Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK5 (BL19)

References

HP Tru64 _XKB_CHARSET Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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