Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0279 - Unspecified vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux 11.11

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
hp

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Hp
1

Oval

accepted2014-03-24T04:01:41.155-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameMichael Wood
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameSushant Kumar Singh
    organizationHewlett-Packard
descriptionThe 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.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5469
statusaccepted
submitted2008-07-09T16:48:34.000-04:00
titleHP-UX, Local Denial of Service (DoS)
version40