HP Tru64 usr/ucb/ps command information disclosure
| tru64-ps-information-disclosure (32276) |  Low Risk |
Description:
HP Tru64 could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the usr/ucb/ps command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to view all processes on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 1.5 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 1.2 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Refer to HPSBTU02179 SSRT061256 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Feb 06 2007 - 05:44:21 CST: PS Information Leak on HP True64 Alpha OSF1 v5.1 1885.
- HP Tru64 Web site: Tru64 UNIX Software.
- HPSBTU02179 SSRT061256 : HP Tru64 UNIX Running the ps command, Local Disclosure of Sensitive Information.
- CVE-2007-0805: The ps (/usr/ucb/ps) command on HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1 1885 allows local users to obtain sensitive information, including environment variables of arbitrary processes, via the auxewww argument, a similar issue to CVE-1999-1587.
- SA24041: HP Tru64 Process Environment Disclosure Security Issue
- SA25135: HP Tru64 UNIX "ps" Command Information Disclosure
- SECTRACK ID: 1017592: HP Tru64 UNIX ps Command Discloses Environment Variables to Local Users
- SECTRACK ID: 1018005: HP Tru64 UNIX ps Command Discloses Potentially Sensitive Information to Local Users
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1654: HP Tru64 UNIX ps Command Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Compaq Tru64 4.0f_pk8
- Compaq Tru64 4.0g_pk4
- Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk6
- Compaq Tru64 5.1b3
- Compaq Tru64 5.1b4
Reported:
Feb 06, 2007
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