The asynchronous I/O facility in 4.4 BSD kernel does not check user credentials when setting the recipient of I/O notification, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by using certain ioctl and fcntl calls to cause the signal to be sent to an arbitrary process ID.
CVE-1999-1214 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from sgi, from bsd, from freebsd and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Originally identified in 1997, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.
1997-09-15T04:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
3.9
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | sgi | irix | * | Yes |
| Operating System | bsd | bsd | * | Yes |
| Operating System | bsd | bsd | 4.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 6.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | netbsd | netbsd | 2.0.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | openbsd | openbsd | 2.1 | Yes |
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