HP-UX IPv6 DCE dced or rpcd denial of service

hp-ipv6-dce-dos (9475)

Medium Risk

Description:

HP 9000 series servers are vulnerable to a denial of service. A vulnerability in the IPv6 functionality in DCE (Distributed Computing Environment) could allow a local attacker to modify internal data to cause the DCE daemon dced or rpcd to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	2.5
Access Vector:	Local
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	1.8
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Hewlett-Packard Company Security Bulletin HPSBUX0207-196. See References.

References:

• Hewlett-Packard Company Security Bulletin HPSBUX0207-196: HP DCE/9000 1.8 DCE Client IPv6 vulnerability . (From SecurityFocus archive.)
• BID-5143: HP-UX DCE Client IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability
• CVE-2002-0992: Unknown vulnerability in IPV6 functionality for DCE daemons (1) dced or (2) rpcd on HP-UX 11.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an attack that modifies internal data.

Platforms Affected:

• HP HP-UX 11.11

Reported:

Jul 01, 2002

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