Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2000-1066

The getnameinfo function in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long DNS hostname.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)