Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4416 - Local Denial Of Service vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux B.11.31

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
hp
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in HP HP-UX B.11.31 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Hp
1

Nessus

NASL familyHP-UX Local Security Checks
NASL idHPUX_PHKL_38987.NASL
descriptions700_800 11.31 vm cumulative patch : A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP-UX. The vulnerability could be exploited locally to create a denial of service (DoS).
last seen2020-05-19
modified2008-12-09
plugin id35066
published2008-12-09
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35066
titleHP-UX PHKL_38987 : HP-UX, Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02389 SSRT080141 rev.1)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and patch checks in this plugin were 
# extracted from HP patch PHKL_38987. The text itself is
# copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(35066);
  script_version("1.46");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4416");
  script_xref(name:"HP", value:"emr_na-c01615952");
  script_xref(name:"HP", value:"HPSBUX02389");
  script_xref(name:"HP", value:"SSRT080141");

  script_name(english:"HP-UX PHKL_38987 : HP-UX, Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02389 SSRT080141 rev.1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for the patch in the swlist output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"s700_800 11.31 vm cumulative patch : 

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP-UX. The
vulnerability could be exploited locally to create a denial of service
(DoS)."
  );
  # http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01615952
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?24c4333a"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Install patch PHKL_38987 or subsequent."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/12/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/12/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/12/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"HP-UX Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/HP-UX/version", "Host/HP-UX/swlist");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("hpux.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/HP-UX/version")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "HP-UX");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/HP-UX/swlist")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

if (!hpux_check_ctx(ctx:"11.31"))
{
  exit(0, "The host is not affected since PHKL_38987 applies to a different OS release.");
}

patches = make_list("PHKL_38651", "PHKL_38949", "PHKL_38987", "PHKL_39401", "PHKL_39747", "PHKL_40130", "PHKL_40240", "PHKL_40441", "PHKL_40942", "PHKL_41005", "PHKL_41355", "PHKL_41362", "PHKL_41588", "PHKL_41969", "PHKL_41972", "PHKL_42444", "PHKL_42850", "PHKL_43213", "PHKL_43513", "PHKL_43544", "PHKL_43775", "PHKL_43897", "PHKL_44170", "PHKL_44230", "PHKL_44270", "PHKL_44278", "PHKL_44298", "PHKL_44417", "PHKL_44461", "PHKL_44464", "PHKL_44500", "PHKL_44510", "PHKL_44565", "PHKL_44702", "PHKL_44730", "PHKL_44767", "PHKL_44801", "PHKL_44816");
foreach patch (patches)
{
  if (hpux_installed(app:patch))
  {
    exit(0, "The host is not affected because patch "+patch+" is installed.");
  }
}


flag = 0;
if (hpux_check_patch(app:"OS-Core.CORE-ENG-A-MAN", version:"B.11.31")) flag++;
if (hpux_check_patch(app:"OS-Core.CORE2-KRN", version:"B.11.31")) flag++;
if (hpux_check_patch(app:"OS-Core.KERN-ENG-A-MAN", version:"B.11.31")) flag++;
if (hpux_check_patch(app:"ProgSupport.C-INC", version:"B.11.31")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:hpux_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

Oval

accepted2015-04-20T04:02:29.705-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • namePai Peng
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • namePrashant Kumar
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameMike Cokus
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
descriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the kernel in HP HP-UX B.11.31 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6077
statusaccepted
submitted2008-12-05T16:36:25.000-05:00
titleHP-UX Local Denial of Service (DoS)
version43