CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0979

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges, posing a serious security risk to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update HP-UX to the latest version and restrict access to swverify to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS