PT-2001-1298 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2001-02-12 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0062

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang. This is related to procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0062

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 6

• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs.v1.1.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0062 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6107 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/1698 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/6082 · Note