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>> HP Compaq Business Notebook PC Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : HP Compaq Business Notebook PC Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1042
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0211
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-31


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A vulnerability has been identified in HP Compaq Business Notebook PC, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an unspecified error in BIOS, which could allow malicious users to crash an affected system. No further details have been disclosed.

Affected Products

HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 2210 Series BIOS version F.04 and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 2510 Series BIOS version F.08 and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 2710 Series BIOS version F.0D and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6510 Series BIOS version F.0F and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6710 Series BIOS version F.0F and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6515 Series BIOS version F.0A and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6715 Series BIOS version F.0A and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6520 Series BIOS version F.08 and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6720 Series BIOS version F.08 and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6820 Series BIOS version F.08 and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 6910 Series BIOS version F.11 and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 8510 Series BIOS version F.0E and prior
HP Compaq Business Notebook PC 8710 Series BIOS version F.08 and prior

Solution

Apply patches :
https://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01327854

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1042
https://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01327854

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2008-03-31 : Initial release

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