HP-UX RWrite Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7489

Info

HP-UX RWrite Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7489
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 02 2003 12:00AM
Updated: May 02 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to [email protected].
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX 11.11
HP HP-UX 11.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX RWrite Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

HP-UX rwrite utility has been reported prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Although unconfirmed code execution with elevated privileges may be possible.

The condition presents itself when excessive data is supplied as part of an argument passed to the vulnerable utility. Due to the lack of bounds checking, the vulnerable utility will crash.

The precise technical details of this vulnerability are currently unknown. This BID will be updated, as further information is available.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX RWrite Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been provided:

$ /usr/lbin/rwrite something `perl -e 'print "A" x 14628'` something

Solution / Fix

HP-UX RWrite Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
HP has announced that this vulnerability has been addressed by the patches included in HPSBUX0401-312. Additional information regarding obtaining and applying appropriate patches can be found in the referenced advisory.

HP has announced that this vulnerability has been addressed by the patches included in HPSBUX0208-213. However, conflicting details have been made available suggesting that this patch does not in fact address the issue.

Patch:


HP HP-UX 11.0

References

HP-UX RWrite Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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