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CVE-2000-0461

nvd nist
Published: May 29, 2000Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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2.1
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (31)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd · Netbsd: Netbsd
Freebsd
1 product
Freebsd
Netbsd
1 product
Netbsd
Configuration A
31 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Freebsd
Freebsd
Version 1.1.5.1
Freebsd
Version 2.0.5
Freebsd
Version 2.0
Freebsd
Version 2.1.0
Freebsd
Version 2.1.5
Freebsd
Version 2.1.6.1
Freebsd
Version 2.1.6
Freebsd
Version 2.1.7.1
Freebsd
Version 2.2.2
Freebsd
Version 2.2.3
Freebsd
Version 2.2.4
Freebsd
Version 2.2.5
Freebsd
Version 2.2.6
Freebsd
Version 2.2.8
Freebsd
Version 2.2
Freebsd
Version 3.0
Freebsd
Version 3.1
Freebsd
Version 3.2
Freebsd
Version 3.3
Freebsd
Version 3.4
Freebsd
Version 4.0
Freebsd
Version 4.0 alpha
Freebsd
Version 5.0
Freebsd
Version 5.0 alpha
Netbsd
Netbsd
Version 1.4.1
Netbsd
Version 1.4.1
Netbsd
Version 1.4.1
Netbsd
Version 1.4.2
Netbsd
Version 1.4.2
Netbsd
Version 1.4.2
Netbsd
Version 1.4.2

References (8)

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:19.semconfig.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-004.txt.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:19.semconfig.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-004.txt.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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