CVE-2006-1509

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Published Mar 30, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.23::ia64_64-bit:::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1513	/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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.461% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19490
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17280
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1208
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00619550
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25596
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1412
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1660
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1690

History

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Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 30, 2006, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:12 PM
Reserved: Mar 29, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 30, 2006, 1:06 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM

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