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HPUX Wall
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Buffer Overflow
119
CWE
Product Name: HPUX Wall
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: No
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: HP-UX
2002

HPUX Wall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

It has been reported that the HPUX wall executable may be prone to a buffer overflow condition. This buffer overflow is alleged to be triggered when an excessive amount of data is redirected into wall as a message intended to be broadcast. It may be possible for remote attackers to corrupt sensitive regions of memory with attacker-supplied values, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

Mitigation:

No known mitigation
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6800/info

It has been reported that the HPUX wall executable may be prone to a buffer overflow condition. This buffer overflow is alleged to be triggered when an excessive amount of data is redirected into wall as a message intended to be broadcast.

It may be possible for remote attackers to corrupt sensitive regions of memory with attacker-supplied values, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

perl -e 'print "A" x 9000' > /tmp/out
/usr/sbin/wall /tmp/out

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