/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.

s700_800 11.04 (VVOS) /sbin/passwd cumulative patch : 

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running /sbin/passwd which could be locally exploited to create a Denial of Service (DoS).

s700_800 11.00 /sbin/passwd cumulative patch : 

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running /sbin/passwd which could be locally exploited to create a Denial of Service (DoS).

s700_800 11.11 passwd(1) cumulative patch : 

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running /sbin/passwd which could be locally exploited to create a Denial of Service (DoS).

s700_800 11.23 passwd(1) cumulative patch : 

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running /sbin/passwd which could be locally exploited to create a Denial of Service (DoS).

s700_800 11.11 libpam_unix cumulative patch : 

The remote HP-UX host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A potential security vulnerability has been identified     with HP-UX running /sbin/passwd which could be locally     exploited to create a Denial of Service (DoS).
    (HPSBUX02103 SSRT5953)

  - A potential security vulnerability has been identified     with HP-UX trusted systems where the vulnerability may     be exploited to allow remote unauthorized access.
    (HPSBUX01165 SSRT5899)

s700_800 11.23 libpam_unix cumulative patch : 

The remote HP-UX host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A potential security vulnerability has been identified     with HP-UX trusted systems where the vulnerability may     be exploited to allow remote unauthorized access.
    (HPSBUX01165 SSRT5899)

  - A potential security vulnerability has been identified     with HP-UX running /sbin/passwd which could be locally     exploited to create a Denial of Service (DoS).
    (HPSBUX02103 SSRT5953)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
21912	HP-UX PHCO_34929 : HP-UX passwd(1) Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02103 SSRT5953 rev.3)	Nessus	HP-UX Local Security Checks	medium
21548	HP-UX PHCO_33219 : HP-UX passwd(1) Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02103 SSRT5953 rev.3)	Nessus	HP-UX Local Security Checks	medium
21547	HP-UX PHCO_33214 : HP-UX passwd(1) Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02103 SSRT5953 rev.3)	Nessus	HP-UX Local Security Checks	medium
21546	HP-UX PHCO_32149 : HP-UX passwd(1) Local Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02103 SSRT5953 rev.3)	Nessus	HP-UX Local Security Checks	medium
18396	HP-UX PHCO_33215 : s700_800 11.11 libpam_unix cumulative patch	Nessus	HP-UX Local Security Checks	high
18395	HP-UX PHCO_32926 : s700_800 11.23 libpam_unix cumulative patch	Nessus	HP-UX Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2006-1509

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium

medium

high

high