CVE-2006-1509 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a denial of service in HP-UX due to improper error handling in the passwd utility.
- 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-2006-1509?
CVE-2006-1509 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 30 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
/sbin/passwd in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23 before 20060326 "does not recover gracefully from some error conditions," which allows local users to cause a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1509?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Hp-Ux.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1509?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1509 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-2006-1509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hp Hp-Ux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3q6-x23h-r5x9.