HP-UX IPCS Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7626

Info

HP-UX IPCS Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7626
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 19 2003 12:00AM
Updated: May 19 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Davide Del Vecchio.
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX 11.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX IPCS Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The HP-UX ipcs utility is allegedly prone to a locally exploitable buffer overflow condition. This is likely due to insufficient bounds checking performed on user supplied data that is copied into an internal memory buffer. This utility may be installed setgid 'sys' on vulnerable systems and could be exploited to gain these privileges.

This issue was reported to affect ipcs on HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX 11.00. Other versions are not affected.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX IPCS Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

HP-UX IPCS Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
HP has released patch PHCO_29043. If the previously available depot (UNOF_29043.depot) was installed, it must be removed prior to the installation of PHCO_29043. Please see the revised HP advisory for further details.


HP HP-UX 11.0

References

HP-UX IPCS Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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