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CVE-2000-0489
Published: Oct 13, 2000
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair function, setting a large buffer size via setsockopt, then writing large buffers.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
bsd-setsockopt-dos(3298)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
622
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20000601 Local FreeBSD, Openbsd, NetBSD, DoS Vulnerability - Mac OS X affected
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
19990826 Local DoS in FreeBSD
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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