Vulnerability Note VU#119952

HP-UX Support Tools Manager vulnerable to denial of service

Overview

There is a vulnerability in the Hewlett-Packard Support Tools Manager that allows a local user to create a denial-of-service condition.

I. Description

The Hewlett-Packard Support Tools is a collection of diagnostic tools that allow operators of HP-UX systems to test and diagnose hardware configurations. On January 18, 2001, HP announced a vulnerability in the HP Support Tools Manager product that allows a local user to create a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability is reported to affect HP9000 Series 700 and 800 systems running HP-UX versions 11.11, 11.00, and 10.20.

II. Impact

According to HP's report, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial-of-service attack.

III. Solution

HP has provided patches for each of the affected versions; please see the vendor section of this document for further details.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Hewlett Packard	Vulnerable	22-Mar-2001

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2239

Credit

This document was written by Jeffrey P. Lanza.

Other Information

Date Public	01/18/2001
Date First Published	01/30/2001 10:16:13 PM
Date Last Updated	03/29/2001
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CAN-2001-0219
Metric	0.25
Document Revision	14

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