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CVE-2000-04891 exploit

FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair…

Published 27 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
2.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.7%
percentile 53%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair function, setting a large buffer size via setsockopt, then writing large buffers.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-19488 FreeBSD 5.0 / NetBSD 1.4.2 / OpenBSD 2.7 - 'setsockopt()' Denial of Service · dos · 1999-09-05

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/3298 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/622 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCEJLCEAA.labs%40ussrback.com · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9908270039010.16315-100000%40thetis.deor. · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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