HP-UX UUCP Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7796

Info

HP-UX UUCP Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7796
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Unknown
Local: Unknown
Published: Jun 03 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 03 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to LSD Research Group (http://lsd-pl.net).
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX 11.11
HP HP-UX 11.0
HP HP-UX 10.20
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX UUCP Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the HP-UX implementation of UUCP. The problem is likely due to insufficient bounds checking of user-supplied data.

An attacker may exploit this issue to overwrite sensitive locations in memory, it may be possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

As UUCP is installed setuid root this would result in the execution of attacker-supplied commands with the privileges of the superuser.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX UUCP Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

HP-UX UUCP Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a patch for HP-UX 11.00 and 11.11 dealing with this issue. The vendor advises that the preliminary patches MUST be removed before the new patches are applied. A failure to remove the preliminary patches could cause corruption of the affected system or facilitate re-introduction of the issue. The files to be removed are:

PHCO_29106.depot for HP-UX 11.00
UNOF_29107.depot for HP-UX 11.11


HP HP-UX 10.20

HP HP-UX 11.0

HP HP-UX 11.11

References

HP-UX UUCP Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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