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HP-UX: CVE-2001-1564: Running setrlimit(1M), Denial of Service (DoS)

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HP-UX: CVE-2001-1564: Running setrlimit(1M), Denial of Service (DoS)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/31/2001
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/11/2017
Modified
11/09/2017

Description

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 dropped, which could allow local users to cause a denial of service by exhausting available disk space.

Solution(s)

  • hpux-apply-phkl-23423
  • hpux-apply-phkl-23628
  • hpux-apply-phkl-23886

References

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