Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-4108 - Remote Denial Of Service vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux B.11.11/B.11.23/B.11.31

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
hp
nessus

Summary

HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 does not properly support threaded processes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Hp
3

Nessus

  • NASL familyHP-UX Local Security Checks
    NASL idHPUX_PHKL_40944.NASL
    descriptions700_800 11.31 fs_filedscrp cumulative patch : A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running threaded processes. The vulnerability could be exploited remotely to create a Denial of Service (DoS).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51468
    published2011-01-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51468
    titleHP-UX PHKL_40944 : HP-UX Running Threaded Processes, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02611 SSRT090201 rev.1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and patch checks in this plugin were 
    # extracted from HP patch PHKL_40944. The text itself is
    # copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(51468);
      script_version("1.17");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/12 19:01:15");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4108");
      script_bugtraq_id(45219);
      script_xref(name:"HP", value:"emr_na-c02586517");
      script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2010-B-0104");
      script_xref(name:"HP", value:"HPSBUX02611");
      script_xref(name:"HP", value:"SSRT090201");
    
      script_name(english:"HP-UX PHKL_40944 : HP-UX Running Threaded Processes, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02611 SSRT090201 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 fs_filedscrp cumulative patch : 
    
    A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX
    running threaded processes. The vulnerability could be exploited
    remotely to create a Denial of Service (DoS)."
      );
      # http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02586517
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bdacd551"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Install patch PHKL_40944 or subsequent."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/12/07");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/01/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      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_40944 applies to a different OS release.");
    }
    
    patches = make_list("PHKL_40944", "PHKL_41485", "PHKL_42307", "PHKL_42873", "PHKL_44409");
    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.CORE2-KRN", 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");
    
  • NASL familyHP-UX Local Security Checks
    NASL idHPUX_PHKL_39899.NASL
    descriptions700_800 11.23 FD management, voncelocked,dup2 race : A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running threaded processes. The vulnerability could be exploited remotely to create a Denial of Service (DoS).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51467
    published2011-01-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51467
    titleHP-UX PHKL_39899 : HP-UX Running Threaded Processes, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02611 SSRT090201 rev.1)
  • NASL familyHP-UX Local Security Checks
    NASL idHPUX_PHKL_39133.NASL
    descriptions700_800 11.11 SPP fragmentation;AIO;EVP;ufalloc;dup2 race : A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running threaded processes. The vulnerability could be exploited remotely to create a Denial of Service (DoS).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51466
    published2011-01-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51466
    titleHP-UX PHKL_39133 : HP-UX Running Threaded Processes, Remote Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02611 SSRT090201 rev.1)

Oval

accepted2015-04-20T04:00:13.811-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameK, Balamurugan
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameSushant Kumar Singh
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameSushant Kumar Singh
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • namePrashant Kumar
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameMike Cokus
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
descriptionHP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 does not properly support threaded processes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11945
statusaccepted
submitted2011-01-31T18:16:17.000-05:00
titleHP-UX Running Threaded Processes, Remote Denial of Service (DoS)
version49