CVE-2001-0978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0960	login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0129.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2001-q3/0052.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8632.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3289

History

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Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:06.992Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0978

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-09-03T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0978

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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