CVE-2000-0461

The undocumented semconfig system call in BSD freezes the state of semaphores, which allows local users to cause a denial of service of the semaphore system by using the semconfig call.

CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

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CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:19.semconfig.asc
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-004.txt.asc
http://www.openbsd.org/errata26.html#semconfig
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1270
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:19.semconfig.asc
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-004.txt.asc
http://www.openbsd.org/errata26.html#semconfig
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1270

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.1.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:alpha::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1::alpha:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1::arm32:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2::alpha:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2::arm32:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2::x86:::::

History

20 Nov 2024, 23:32

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:19.semconfig.asc -~~	() ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:19.semconfig.asc -
References	~~() ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-004.txt.asc -~~	() ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-004.txt.asc -
References	~~() http://www.openbsd.org/errata26.html#semconfig -~~	() http://www.openbsd.org/errata26.html#semconfig -
References	~~() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1270 -~~	() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1270 -

Information

Published : 2000-05-29 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2000-0461

Mitre link : CVE-2000-0461

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2000-0461

JSON object : View

Products Affected

netbsd

netbsd

freebsd

freebsd

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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