CVE-2000-0489

N/A Unknown
Published: September 05, 1999 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/622
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCEJLCEAA.labs%40ussrback.com
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9908270039010.16315-100000%40thetis.deor.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3298
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/622
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCEJLCEAA.labs%40ussrback.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9908270039010.16315-100000%40thetis.deor.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3298
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
78th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

openbsd freebsd netbsd