CVE-1999-1518

Operating systems with shared memory implementations based on BSD 4.4 code allow a user to conduct a denial of service and bypass memory limits (e.g., as specified with rlimits) using mmap or shmget to allocate memory and cause page faults.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93207728118694&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2351
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93207728118694&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2351

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.1.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4::x86:::::

History

20 Nov 2024, 23:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93207728118694&w=2 -~~	() http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93207728118694&w=2 -
References	~~() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2351 -~~	() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2351 -

Information

Published : 1999-07-15 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-1999-1518

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1518

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1518

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

netbsd

netbsd

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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