Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2000-0461

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions 1.1.5.1, 2.0, 2.0.5
  • Netbsd — versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2000-0461?
CVE-2000-0461 is a vulnerability in Freebsd. Published 2000-05-29.
Is CVE-2000-0461 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.