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S.A.F.E.R. Security Bulletin 981014.DOS.1.2
TITLE Vulnerability in SharedX Receiver Service (recserv)
DATE October 14, 1998
NATURE Denial-of-Service
PLATFORMS HP-UX 10.20 (possibly other versions of HP-UX)
DETAILS:
By sending specific amount of characters to SharedX Receiver Service, remote (and local) users can
perform DoS attack against HP-UX 10.20 machine. Recserv process reaches 100% (or less, depending on
CPU usage by other processes) 3-5 minutes after attack, and has to be killed and restarted.
FIXES:
Hewlett-Packard has been notified on September 3, 1998 but patch is not available yet.
UPDATE:
Patch has been made available on October 28, 1998.
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