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CVE-2000-0489

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…

Public exploit code

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

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
FreebsdFreebsd
Versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
NetbsdNetbsd
Versions 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
OpenbsdOpenbsd
Versions 2.5, 2.6, 2.7

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