Overview
There is a vulnerability in the Hewlett-Packard Support Tools Manager that allows a local user to create a denial-of-service condition.
Description
The Hewlett-Packard Support Tools is a collection of diagnostic tools that allow operators of HP-UX systems to test and diagnose hardware configurations. On January 18, 2001, HP announced a vulnerability in the HP Support Tools Manager product that allows a local user to create a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability is reported to affect HP9000 Series 700 and 800 systems running HP-UX versions 11.11, 11.00, and 10.20. |
Impact
According to HP's report, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial-of-service attack. |
Solution
HP has provided patches for each of the affected versions; please see the vendor section of this document for further details. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | N/A | N/A |
| Temporal | N/A | N/A |
| Environmental | N/A |
References
Acknowledgements
This document was written by Jeffrey P. Lanza.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2001-0219 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.25 |
| Date Public: | 2001-01-18 |
| Date First Published: | 2001-01-31 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2001-03-29 23:44 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 14 |