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CVE-2002-0279

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.11

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101372194225046&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8195.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/726187
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4094
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5469
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101372194225046&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8195.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/726187
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4094
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5469

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