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Title: HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS) Virtual Vault/IPlanet Web Server DoS Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

A vulnerability exists in the IPlanet Web Server(iWS) Enterprise Edition 4.x package, which is embedded in Virtual Vault 4.0 on HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS) systems.
This vulnerability may affect the availability of the services provided by Virtual Vault 4.0/IPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.x.

The vulnerable software is prone to an error which may cause a denial of service when handling HTTPS requests. It may be possible for this condition to be exploited by a remote attacker, possibly via a malformed request to the host running the affected software.

Affected services must be restarted to regain normal functionality.

Netscape Enterprise versions 3.x are not affected by this issue.

Affected Products:

  • HP HP-UX (VVOS) 11.0.0 4
  • HP HP-UX 11.0.0 4
  • HP VirtualVault 4.0.0
  • iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server 4.0.0

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