HP-UX IPFilter Unsupported Interface Vulnerability

BID:9060

Info

HP-UX IPFilter Unsupported Interface Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9060
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 17 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 17 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX 11.23
HP HP-UX 11.22
HP HP-UX 11.11
HP HP-UX 11.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX IPFilter Unsupported Interface Vulnerability

Hewlett-Packard has reported that IPFilter does not provide protection for unsupported network interfaces. This issue may lead a network administrator into a false sense of security.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX IPFilter Unsupported Interface Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

HP-UX IPFilter Unsupported Interface Vulnerability

Solution:
Hewlett-Packard has released an advisory (HPSBUX0311-298) that outlines supported network interfaces as below. Please see referenced advisory for further details:

The following is a list of network interfaces supported by various versions of HP IPFilter B9901AA:

A.03.05.01 - 10BT, 100BT
A.03.05.02 - 10BT, 100BT, 1000BT, APA, VLAN
A.03.05.03 - 10BT, 100BT, 1000BT, APA, VLAN, FDDI, Token Ring
A.03.05.04 - 10BT, 100BT, 1000BT, APA, VLAN, FDDI, Token Ring
A.03.05.05 - 10BT, 100BT, 1000BT, APA, VLAN, FDDI, Token Ring
A.03.05.06 - 10BT, 100BT, 1000BT, FDDI, Token Ring
A.03.05.07 - 10BT, 100BT, 1000BT, APA, VLAN, FDDI, Token Ring
A.03.05.08 - 10BT, 100BT, 1000BT, APA, VLAN, FDDI, Token Ring

HP IPFilter B9901AA does not provide protection for any of the following network interfaces:
ATM, Hyperfabric, X.25, Frame Relay, PPP, IPv6.

References

HP-UX IPFilter Unsupported Interface Vulnerability

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