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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.

Published

1999-07-15T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System freebsd freebsd 1.1.5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.0.5 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.1.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.1.5 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.1.6 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.1.7.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.2.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.2.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.2.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.2.5 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.2.6 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.2.8 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.3.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.3.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.3.3 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.4 Yes
References