Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in HP Tru64 UNIX, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an unspecified error when running FFM (File-on-File Mounting File System), which could allow a local, malicious user to cause a denial of service.

Affected Products

HP Tru64 UNIX version 5.1B-4
HP Tru64 UNIX version 5.1B-3

Solution

Apply patch for HP Tru64 UNIX version 5.1B-4 :
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=T64KIT1001398-V51BB27-ES-20071207

Apply patch for HP Tru64 UNIX Version v5.1B-3 :
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=T64KIT1001399-V51BB26-ES-20071207

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4293
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01310389

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-12-21 : Initial release

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