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CVE-1999-1518

Operating systems with shared memory implementations based on BSD 4.4 code allow a user to conduct a denial of service and bypass memory limits (e.g., as speci…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

Operating systems with shared memory implementations based on BSD 4.4 code allow a user to conduct a denial of service and bypass memory limits (e.g., as specified with rlimits) using mmap or shmget to allocate memory and cause page faults.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
FreebsdFreebsd
Versions 1.1.5.1, 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1.0, 2.1.5, 2.1.6
NetbsdNetbsd
Versions 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4

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