PT-2000-1402 · Bsd · Bsd

Published 2000-05-29 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0461

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 BSD (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns an undocumented system call, semconfig, in BSD, which can freeze the state of semaphores. This allows local users to cause a denial of service of the semaphore system by utilizing the semconfig call.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0461

Affected Products

Bsd

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0461 · Security Note
• http://openbsd.org/errata26.html#semconfig · Note
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:19.semconfig.asc · Note
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-004.txt.asc · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1270 · Note