CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0279

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2002-05-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• hp hp-ux 11.11

References