HP-UX dtprintinfo DISPLAY variable buffer overflow
| hp-dtprintinfo-display-bo (13387) |  Low Risk |
Description:
HP-UX is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the print viewer program. A local attacker could send a long argument to dtprintinfo using the DISPLAY variable to overflow a buffer and cause a segmentation fault.
Platforms Affected:
- HP, HP-UX 11.00
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 6, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Oct 08 2003 - 06:40:46 CDT , HPUX dtprintinfo buffer overflow vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-10/0105.html.
- CIAC Information Bulletin O-003, HP Potential Security Vulnerability in dtprintinfo at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-003.shtml.
- Hewlett-Packard Company Security Bulletin HPSBUX0310-289, SSRT3589 Potential Security Vulnerability in dtprintinfo at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0008.html. (From Neohapsis archive.)
- Hewlett-Packard Company Security Bulletin HPSBUX0310-289, SSRT3589-Tru64 UNIX Potential Security Vulnerability with dtmailpr at http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5965.
- BID-8795: CDE DTPrintInfo Display Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-0840: Buffer overflow in dtprintinfo on HP-UX 11.00, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long DISPLAY environment variable.
Reported:
Oct 08, 2003
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