# CVE-2005-3670: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in HP-UX, Tru64 UNIX, and HP Jetdirect devices by sending malicious IKEv1 packets.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4rm2-h745-5rf8

## What is CVE-2005-3670?

CVE-2005-3670 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 18 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in HP HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23 running IPSec, HP Jetdirect 635n IPv6/IPsec Print Server, and HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-3 and 5.1B-2/PK4, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain IKE packets, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1.  NOTE: due to the lack of details in the HP advisory, it is unclear which of CVE-2005-3666, CVE-2005-3667, and/or CVE-2005-3668 this issue applies to.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3670?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Hp Hp-Ux, Hp Jetdirect 635n, Hp Tru64.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-3670?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3670 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-3670 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hp Hp-Ux

- [CVE-2008-1668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1668/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-1662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1662/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-6425](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6425/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-6195](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6195/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-4241](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4241/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-3670 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-3670 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 18 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hp Hp-Ux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3670/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3670/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3670
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3670
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3670

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