CVE-2001-1564

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 10.01, 10.10, 10.20, 10.24, 11.00, 11.04 (+1)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2001-q3/0000.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6810.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3416
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5159
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2001-q3/0000.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6810.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3416
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5159

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