Title: HP-UX VVOS libsecurity Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: LOW
Description:
The operating environment for HP VirtualVault systems is based on HP-UX 11.04 and ships with a library called 'libsecurity'.
A library function in libsecurity contains a vulnerability that may allow for local attackers to cause a denial of service. The offending function is 'putprpwnam()', a call used to update or write new protected password file entries to the password file.
It may be possible for attackers to exploit programs which call this function. The consequence of exploitation may be a denial of service.
Affected Products:
- HP HP-UX (VVOS) 11.0.4
References:
- HP IT Resource Center: HP IT Resource Center (for Europe)
- HP IT Resource Center: HP IT Resource Center (for US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, & Latin-America)
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