CVE-2001-0978

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program.

login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-09-03 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:25:00

Affected Software

HP HP-UX 10.26

10.26

References

PHCO_17719

Patch

hpux-login-btmp(8632)

3289

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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