PT-1999-1790 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 1999-09-02 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-1999-1564

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FreeBSD versions 3.2 and possibly earlier

Description: The issue allows a local user to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system panic. This can be achieved by accessing an NFS v3 mounted directory with a large number of accesses from multiple processes.

Recommendations: For version 3.2, consider restricting access to NFS v3 mounted directories to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1564

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 2

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/26166 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1564 · Security Note