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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION – SECURITY BULLETIN
Document ID: c04974114
Version: 1
HPSBUX03437 SSRT110025 rev.1 – HP-UX IPFilter, Remote Denial of Service (DoS)
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as
soon as possible.
Release Date: 2016-02-16
Last Updated: 2016-02-16
Potential Security Impact: Remote Denial of Service (DoS)
Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Product Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running
HP-UX IPFilter. The vulnerability could be remotely exploited to cause a
denial of service (DoS).
Note: The vulnerability only exists when HP-UX IPFilter rules are configured
for UDP protocol packets and the keep state option is used in that IPFilter
rule.
References:
PSRT110025
CVE-2016-1987
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP-UX IPFilter A.11.31.18.21
BACKGROUND
CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
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Reference Base Vector Base Score
CVE-2016-1987 (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) 1.8
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Information on CVSS is documented
in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002
RESOLUTION
HPE has made the following mitigation information available to resolve the
vulnerability for version A.11.31.18.21 of HP-UX IPFilter.
This vulnerability can be mitigated by either of the following actions:
A. Remove the keep state option from udp rules
Search for rules with proto udp and keep state to identify the impacted rule
and remove the keep state option.
Example rules are as follows:
pass in quick on lanN proto udp from <IP-addr1> to <IP-addr2> keep state
pass out quick on lanN proto udp from <IP-addr3> to <IP-addr4> keep state
For the above example rules, remove the keep state from the rule as follows:
pass in quick on lanN proto udp from <IP-addr1> to <IP-addr2>
pass out quick on lanN proto udp from <IP-addr3> to <IP-addr4>
B. Alternatively, HP-UX IPFilter can be downgraded to version A.11.31.18.10
HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) – 16 February 2016 Initial release
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NS = NonStop Servers
OV = OpenVMS
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ST = Storage Software
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