PT-2003-1907 · Hewlett Packard · Hp-Ux

Davide Del Vecchio · Published 2003-10-09 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HP-UX version 11.00

Description A buffer overflow issue in the dtprintinfo function allows local users to gain root privileges by setting a long DISPLAY environment variable.

Recommendations For HP-UX version 11.00, update the system to prevent exploitation of this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of the DISPLAY environment variable to prevent buffer overflow.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0840

Affected Products

Hp-Ux

References · 3

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/23236 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0840 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106563181313571&w=2 · Note