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 large buffer size via setsockopt, then writing large buffers.
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 53% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- freebsd:freebsd
- netbsd:netbsd
- openbsd:openbsd
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/622
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCEJLCEAA.labs%40ussrback.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9908270039010.16315-100000%40thetis.deor.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3298
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/622