CVE-2002-0279

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

The kernel in HP-UX 11.11 does not properly provide arguments for setrlimit, which could allow local attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly gain privileges.

The kernel in HP-UX 11.11 does not properly provide arguments for setrlimit, which could allow local attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly gain privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2002-05-31 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

HP-UX 11.11

11.11

References

HPSBUX0202-183

hpux-setrlimit-kernel-panic(8195)

VU#726187

US Government Resource

4094

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5469

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