PT-2000-1662 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0729

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.x through 5.x

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by executing a program with a malformed ELF image header.

Recommendations For versions 3.x through 5.x, consider restricting the execution of programs with malformed ELF image headers to prevent denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0729

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0729 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1625 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0337.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/1534 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5967 · Note