HP HP-UX up to 11.11 setrlimit denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX up to 11.11. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component setrlimit. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-1564. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HP HP-UX up to 11.11 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component setrlimit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

setrlimit in HP-UX 10.01, 10.10, 10.24, 10.20, 11.00, 11.04 and 11.11 does not properly enforce core file size on processes after setuid or setgid privileges are dropeed, which could allow local users to cause a denial of service by exhausting available disk space.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2001 by FIRST (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-1564 since 07/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6810) and SecurityFocus (BID 3416†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

07/02/2001 🔍
12/31/2001 +182 days 🔍
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07/14/2005 +1291 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3284 days 🔍
12/20/2024 +3815 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1564 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1564
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17883

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X-Force: 6810
SecurityFocus: 3416 - HP-UX setrlimit() Incorrect Core Processing Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:32
Updated: 12/20/2024 04:54
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:32 (52), 06/05/2018 11:21 (1), 12/20/2024 04:54 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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