CVE-2002-0279: HP HP-Ux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• HP HP-Ux: version 11.11 only

Published 2002-05-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.