CVE-2002-1409 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a system panic and denial of service on HP-UX via an incorrect reference to thread register state in ptrace.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1409?
CVE-2002-1409 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 18 Mar 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ptrace on HP-UX 11.00 through 11.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (data page fault panic) via "an incorrect reference to thread register state."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1409?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Hp-Ux.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1409?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1409 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1409 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1409 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hp Hp-Ux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h35x-4m68-cvrj.