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CVE-2000-0489

nvd nist
Published: Sep 5, 1999Modified: 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

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 (20)

1 product
Freebsd
1 product
Netbsd
1 product
Openbsd
Configuration A
20 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Freebsd
Version 3.0
Version 3.1
Version 3.2
Version 3.3
Version 3.4
Version 3.5
Version 4.0
Version 5.0 alpha
Netbsd
Version 1.4.1
Version 1.4.1
Version 1.4.1
Version 1.4.1
Version 1.4.2
Version 1.4.2
Version 1.4.2
Version 1.4.2
Version 1.4
Openbsd
Version 2.5
Version 2.6
Version 2.7

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