HP Tru64 Valid User Enumeration Weakness

TITLE: HP Tru64 Valid User Enumeration Weakness
CLASS: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-2791

REMOTE: Yes
LOCAL: No
PUBLISHED: May 16 2007 12:00AM
UPDATE: May 22 2007 09:57PM
CREDIT: Andrea Purificato is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
VULNERABLE:

HP Tru64 5.1 B-4
HP Tru64 5.1 B-3
NOT VULNERABLE:

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Discussion

Hewlett Packard Tru64 is prone to an information-disclosure weakness.

An attacker can exploit this issue to enumerate valid user names. This may aid in further attacks.

HP Tru64 UNIX v5.1B-3 and v5.1B-4 are vulnerable.

Exploit

An attacker can use readily available network tools to exploit this weakness.

Solution

Solution:
HP has released an advisory along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for information on obtaining and applying fixes.


HP Tru64 5.1 B-3

References

References:

PhpLog

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