CVE-2001-0062

Published: Feb 12, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

2.1

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang.

Affected (4)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

Freebsd

1 product

Freebsd

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 3.5.1
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 4.1.1
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 4.1
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 4.2

References (10)

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs.v1.1.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/1698

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/6082

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2131

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6107

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs.v1.1.asc (unsafe URL)