[SA19373] HP-UX swagentd Denial of Service Vulnerability

TITLE:
HP-UX swagentd Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19373

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
HP-UX 11.x
http://secunia.com/product/138/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in HP-UX, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within
swagentd and can be exploited to cause swagentd to crash.

The vulnerability has been reported in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, and
B.11.11.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.
http://itrc.hp.com

HP-UX B.11.00 (DCE-Core.DCE-CORE-SHLIB):
Install PHSS_29963 or later.

HP-UX B.11.00 (SW-DIST.SD-AGENT):
Install PHCO_28847 or later.

HP-UX B.11.04 (DCE-Core.DCE-CORE-SHLIB):
Install PHSS_30302 or later.

HP-UX B.11.04 (SW-DIST.SD-AGENT):
Install PHCO_30006 or later.

HP-UX B.11.11 (DCE-Core.DCE-CORE-SHLIB):
Install PHSS_29964 or later.

HP-UX B.11.11 (SW-DIST.SD-AGENT):
Install PHCO_28848 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits David Calligaris, Emaze Networks Security Research
Group.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HPSBUX02105 SSRT061134:
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00622788

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