Security Advisory SA37560 - HP NonStop Server Privilege Escalation

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Secunia Advisory SA37560

HP NonStop Server Privilege Escalation

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SA37560

Release Date

2009-12-02

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where

Local system

Authentication level

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Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

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Operating System

HP NonStop Server 6.x

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2009-2686 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in HP NonStop Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error, which can be exploited to gain unauthorised access to certain data, cause a DoS, or to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* G06.12.00 through G06.32.00.
* H06.08.00, H06.09.00, H06.10.00, H06.10.01, H06.11.00, H06.11.01, H06.11.02, H06.11.03, H06.12.00, H06.13.00, H06.14.00, H06.15.00, H06.15.01, H06.15.02, H06.16.00, H06.16.01, H06.17.00, H06.17.01, H06.17.02, H06.18.00, H06.18.01.
* J06.04.00, J06.04.01, J06.04.02, J06.05.00, J06.05.01, J06.06.00, J06.06.01, J06.06.02, J06.07.00, J06.07.01.

Solution
Apply patches. Please see the vendor's advisory for more information.

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Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory
HPSBNS02475 SSRT090068:
https://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01923646

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